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Medea-17 June 1959 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 Nicola Rescigno
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
First Maidservant Mary Wells
Second Maidservant Elizabeth Rust
Glauce
Daughter of Creon 		Joan Carlyle
Creon
King of Corinth 		Nicola Zaccaria
Jason
Leader of the Argonauts 		Jon Vickers
The Captain of the Guard David Allen
Medea
former wife of Jason 		Maria Callas
Neris
Servant of Medea 		Fiorenza Cossotto
Two children of Medea; Servants of Glauce; Argonauts; Priests; Soldiers; People of Corinth The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
Students of Edith Cavell Secondary School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.44-8.32pm, Act II: 9.05-9.49pm, Act III: 10.26-10.55pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 17 June 1959 (in Royal Opera House Collections)