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Fidelio-24 February 1961 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Otto Klemperer
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Jaquino
a porter 		John Dobson
Marzelline
Rocco's daughter 		Elsie Morison
Rocco
a gaoler 		Gottlob Frick
Leonore
Florestan's wife, disguised as Fidelio, a manservant 		Sena Jurinac
Don Pizarro
Governor of the Prison 		Hans Hotter
First Prisoner Joseph Ward
Second Prisoner Victor Godfrey
Florestan
a Prisoner of State 		Jon Vickers
Don Fernando
the Minister 		Forbes Robinson
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: German
Durations: Act I: 7.33-8.51pm, Act II: 9.19-10.23pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 24 February 1961 (in Royal Opera House Collections)