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Don Carlos-19 June 1968 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Claudio Abbado
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Elisabeth de Valois Gwyneth Jones
Tebaldo
her Page 		Vivien Townley
Don Carlos
Infante of Spain 		Carlo Cossutta
The Count of Lerma
a Spanish nobleman 		John Dobson
A Monk David Kelly
Rodrigo
Marquis of Posa 		Peter Glossop
Philip II
King of Spain 		David Ward
The Princess of Eboli
Lady in Waiting to Elisabeth 		Shirley Verrett
The Countess of Aremberg
Lady in Waiting to Elisabeth 		Betty Kavanagh
The Royal Herald Glynne Thomas
A Voice from Heaven Maria Pellegrini
The Grand Inquisitor Giovanni Fojani
Flemish Deputy Eric Garrett
Flemish Deputy Dennis Wicks
Flemish Deputy George Macpherson
Inquisitors, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Spanish Court, Pages, Guards of Philip II, Friars, Members of the Holy Office, Soldiers, Magistrates, Colonial Deputies The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Children from Ebury Secondary School
Children from Tollington Park School
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 19 June 1968 (in Royal Opera House Collections)