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Manon-2 June 1987 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Jeffrey Tate
Chorus Master Edward Lambert
Leader John Brown
Cast
Guillot de Morfontaine
a rich gentleman 		Alexander Oliver
De Brétigny
a tax-farmer 		William Dooley
Poussette Judith Howarth
Javotte Eirian James
Rosette Claire Powell
Innkeeper Eric Garrett
Lescaut
an officer in the Guards 		J Patrick Raftery
Guard Donaldson Bell
Guard Anthony Smith
Manon Lescaut
Lescaut's cousin 		Julia Migenes
Chevalier des Grieux Neil Shicoff
Servant Lisa Bergmayer
Circus performer Brenda Larenty
Circus performer Claudia Pottier
Circus performer Tony Anthony
Circus performer Richard Gauntlett
Circus performer Mark Hopkins
Circus performer Erick Rainey
Comte des Grieux
the Chevalier's father 		Robert Lloyd
Doorkeeper
at St Sulpice 		John Herrington
Corporal Basil Whybray
Sergeant Peter Archer
The innkeeper's mother, townsfolk, travellers, postillions, porters, traders, aristocrats, clerks, nuns, gamblers, cardsharpers, croupiers, police officers, soldiers, whores The Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Durations: National Anthem: 7.13-7.14pm, Act I: 7.15-7.51pm, Act II: 8.05-8.31pm, Act III scene 1: 8.35-9.01pm, Act III scene 2: 9.46-10.07pm, Act IV: 10.15-10.37pm, Act V: 10.45-11.04pm
Event: The Royal Opera Gala 2 June 1987
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 2 June 1987 (in Royal Opera House Collections)