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Rigoletto-14 October 1948 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Peter Gellhorn
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Joseph Shadwick
Cast
Duke of Mantua Kenneth Neate
Borsa
Gentleman of the Court 		Edgar Evans
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court 		Ernest Davies
Count Ceprano
Gentleman of the Court 		Geraint Evans
Countess Ceprano Denise Francis-Sirou
Rigoletto
Court Jester 		Tom Williams
Count Monterone Rhydderch Davies
Sparafucile
a hired assassin 		Marian Nowakowski
Gilda
Rigoletto's daughter 		Solange Delmas
Giovanna
her nurse 		Lilian Simmons
A Page Adele Leigh
An Usher Ronald Lewis
Maddalena
Sparafucile's sister 		Edith Coates
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Natalia Macfarren
Durations: Act I: 7.05-7.21pm, Act II: 7.39-8.17pm, Act III: 8.33-9.01pm, Act IV: 9.20-9.52pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 14 October 1948 (in Royal Opera House Collections)