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Don Carlos-27 March 1979 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor James Conlon
Chorus Master John Barker
Leader Meyer Stolow
Cast
A Peasant Tom McDonnell
Elisabeth de Valois
daughter of Henri II of France 		Sylvia Sass
Tebaldo
her Page 		Diana Montague
Don Carlos
Infante of Spain 		Vasile Moldoveanu
The Count of Lerma
a Spanish nobleman 		John Dobson
The Countess of Aremberg
Lady in Waiting to Elisabeth 		Romayne Grigorova
A Monk Malcolm King
Roderigo
Marquis of Posa 		Renato Bruson
Philip II
King of Spain 		Boris Christoff
Princess Eboli
Lady in Waiting to Elisabeth 		Elizabeth Connell
The Royal Herald Norman Welsby
Flemish Deputy Malcolm King
Flemish Deputy Michael Burt
Flemish Deputy Roderick Kennedy
Flemish Deputy Peter Savidge
Flemish Deputy Tom McDonnell
Flemish Deputy Richard Robson
A Voice from Heaven Teresa Cahill
The Grand Inquisitor Gwynne Howell
Inquisitors, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Spanish Court, Pages, Guards of Philip II, Friars, Officials of the Holy Office, Soldiers, Magistrates, Colonial Deputies and the Populace The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Eastcourt Independent School (Goodmayes)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: The performance was given without some of its scenery due to strike action by members of the stage staff.
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.03-8.33pm, Act II: 8.54-9.31pm, Act III: 9.54-11.17pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 27 March 1979 (in Royal Opera House Collections)