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The Flying Dutchman-19 October 1950 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Karl Rankl
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Daland
Captain of a Norwegian ship 		Norman Walker
The Steersman
of Daland's ship 		Edgar Evans
The Flying Dutchman Josef Metternich
Mary
Senta's former nurse 		Jean Watson
Senta
daughter of Daland 		Sylvia Fisher
Erik
a Huntsman 		Thorsteinn Hannesson
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: The National Anthem was played before the rise of the curtain to mark the opening of the Season.
Language: English
Translator: J Troutbeck
Durations: The National Anthem: 7.09-7.10pm, Overture: 7.11-7.21pm, Act I: 7.22-8.00pm, Act II: 8.27-9.24pm, Act III: 9.48-10.13pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 19 October 1950 (in Royal Opera House Collections)