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The Pilgrim's Progress-3 November 1997 Evening

Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Barbican Hall, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Richard Hickox
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
John Bunyan Gwynne Howell
The Pilgrim Gerald Finley
Evangelist Jeremy White
Pliable Richard Coxon
Obstinate Roderick Williams
Mistrust Gidon Saks
Timorous Francis Egerton
First Shining One Rebecca Evans
Second Shining One Susan Gritton
Third Shining One Pamela Helen Stephen
Interpreter Mark Padmore
Watchful Roderick Williams
Herald Robert Hayward
Apollyon Gidon Saks
Heavenly Being I Susan Gritton
Heavenly Being II Pamela Helen Stephen
Lord Lechery Adrian Thompson
Demas Jonathan Fisher
Judas Iscariot John Kerr
Simon Magus Christopher Keyte
Worldly Glory Neil Gillespie
Madam Wanton Rebecca Evans
Madam Bubble Pamela Helen Stephen
Pontius Pilate Donaldson Bell
Usher Francis Egerton
Lord Hate-Good Gidon Saks
Malice Susan Gritton
Pickthank Anne-Marie Owens
Superstition Mark Padmore
Envy Jeremy White
Woodcutter's Boy Mica Penniman
Mr By-Ends Richard Coxon
Madam By-Ends Anne-Marie Owens
First Shepherd Roderick Williams
Second Shepherd Mark Padmore
Third Shepherd Jeremy White
Solo Soprano Rebecca Evans
Solo Alto Anne-Marie Owens
Solo Tenor Mark Padmore
Voice of a Bird Susan Gritton
Celestial Messenger Adrian Thompson
The Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Durations: Prologue, Acts I and II: 60 minutes, Interval: 20 minutes, Acts III and IV, Epilogue: 75 minutes
Radio - live relay : BBC Radio 3; 3 November 1997
Information source: Royal Opera programme for 3-30 November 1997 (in Royal Opera House Collections)