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Die Walküre-25 October 1996 Evening 5.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Prom performance
Conductor Bernard Haitink
Leader Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Siegmund Poul Elming
Sieglinde Ulla Gustafsson
Hunding
her husband 		Matthias Hölle
Wotan John Tomlinson
Brünnhilde
a Valkyrie, his daughter 		Anne Evans
Brünnhilde
a Valkyrie, his daughter 		Penelope Chalmers
Fricka Jane Henschel
Gerhilde Patricia Cameron
Ortlinde Virginia Kerr
Waltraute Anne Wilkens
Schwertleite Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Helmwige Rita Cullis
Siegrune Jane Irwin
Grimgerde Gillian Knight
Rossweisse Penelope Walker
Actors
Dancers
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Part of the Midland Bank Proms. Anne Evans was feeling unwell and could not perform Act III. Penelope Chalmers performed the role of Brünnhilde in Act III and Patricia Cameron performed the role of Gerhilde.
Sponsor: Midland Bank (prom performance)
Language: German
Surtitled by: Antony Peattie
Durations: Act I: 5.02-6.07pm, Act II: 6.45-8.21pm, Act III: 9.16-10.27pm
Radio - future relay : BBC Radio 3; 26 October 1996
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 25 October 1996 (in Royal Opera House Collections)