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Fidelio-11 October 1949 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Karl Rankl
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Joseph Shadwick
Cast
Jaquino
a porter 		Dennis Stephenson
Marcelline
Rocco's daughter 		Shirley Russell
Rocco
a gaoler 		David Franklin
Leonora
Florestan's wife, disguised as Fidelio, a manservant 		Sylvia Fisher
Don Pizarro
Governor of the Prison 		Tom Williams
First Prisoner Charles Craig
Second Prisoner Edward Thomas
Florestan
a Prisoner of State 		Thorsteinn Hannessonn
Don Fernando
the Minister 		Marian Nowakowski
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Edward J Dent
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 11 October 1949 (in Royal Opera House Collections)