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Rigoletto-30 October 1951 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Guest Conductor Franco Capuana
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
The Duke of Mantua John Lanigan
Borsa
Gentleman of the Court 		William McAlpine
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court 		Ronald Lewis
Count Ceprano
Gentleman of the Court 		Bryan Drake
Countess Ceprano Adele Leigh
Rigoletto
the Court Jester 		Tom Williams
Count Monterone Rhydderch Davies
Sparafucile
a hired assassin 		Michael Langdon
Gilda
Rigoletto's daughter 		Ilse Hollweg
Giovanna
her nurse 		Lilian Simmons
A Page Vera Hoddinott
An Usher Hubert Littlewood
Maddalena
Sparafucile's sister 		Edith Coates
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Natalia Macfarren
Durations: Act I: 7.04-7.19pm, Act II: 7.37-8.14pm, Act III: 8.29-8.57pm, Act IV: 9.15-9.45pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 30 October 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)