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Rigoletto-23 December 1968 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
The Duke of Mantua Franco Tagliavini
Borsa
Gentleman of the Court 		John Lanigan
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court 		Hugh Sheehan
Count Ceprano
Gentleman of the Court 		Eric Garrett
Countess Ceprano Jean Holmes
Rigoletto
the Court Jester 		Peter Glossop
Count Monterone Forbes Robinson
Sparafucile
a professional assassin 		Michael Langdon
Gilda
Rigoletto's daughter 		Elizabeth Harwood
Giovanna
her nurse 		Elizabeth Shelley
A Page Celia Penney
An Usher William Clothier
Maddalena
Sparafucile's sister 		Anne Howells
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Artists, Servants, Pages, Guards The Royal Opera Chorus
The Royal Opera Ballet
Children from Finchley Catholic Grammar School
Children from the Corona Stage School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 23 December 1968 (in Royal Opera House Collections)