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Il trovatore-17 March 1978 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 John Bacon
Leader John Brown
Cast
Ferrando
Captain of Count di Luna's Guard 		Richard Van Allan
Leonora
Lady-in-waiting to the Queen 		Martina Arroyo
Inez
Leonora's confidante 		Elizabeth Bainbridge
Count di Luna Franco Bordoni
Manrico
'Son' of Azucena (brother of Count di Luna) 		Carlo Bergonzi
Azucena
A gypsy woman, 'mother' of Manrico 		Livia Budai
An Old Gypsy Wyndham Parfitt
A Messenger Handel Owen
Ruiz
Manrico's Captain 		John Dobson
Leonora's Companions, Nuns, Followers of the Count, Soldiers, Gypsies The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Edith Cavell Secondary School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 17 March 1978 (in Royal Opera House Collections)