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The Trojans-29 April 1960 Evening 6.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor John Pritchard
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Part 1 - The Capture of Troy (Acts I and II in this production)
A Trojan Soldier Glynne Thomas
Cassandra
a Trojan prophetess, daughter of Priam 		Amy Shuard
Choroebus
her betrothed 		John Shaw
Priam
King of Troy 		Rhydderch Davies
Helenus
son of Priam 		Edgar Evans
Hecuba
wife of Priam 		Noreen Berry
Polyxena
daughter of Priam 		Mary Wells
Ascanius
son of Aeneas 		Joan Carlyle
Andromache
widow of Hector 		Diana Wynyard
Astyanax
her son 		Peter Wheeler
Pantheus
a Trojan priest 		Forbes Robinson
Aeneas
a Trojan hero 		Jon Vickers
Ghost of Hector David Kelly
A Greek Captain George Reibbitt
Soldiers of Greece and Troy, Citizens, Women, Children, Shepherds, Priestesses The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Part 2 - The Trojans at Carthage (Acts III, IV and V in this production)
Dido
Queen of Carthage 		Kerstin Meyer
Anna
her sister 		Josephine Veasey
Narbal
Dido's minister 		Joseph Rouleau
Iopas
a Carthaginian poet 		Kenneth MacDonald
Ascanius Joan Carlyle
Pantheus Forbes Robinson
Aeneas Jon Vickers
The God Mercury John Walsh
Hylas
a young Trojan sailor 		John Lanigan
First Soldier Gwyn Griffiths
Second Soldier Rhydderch Davies
Ghost of Cassandra Kathleen Dunkerley
Ghost of Choroebus John Shaw
Ghost of Hector David Kelly
Ghost of Priam Rhydderch Davies
Soldiers of Troy and Carthage, Courtiers, Sailors The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
Children from Edith Cavell Secondary School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: E J Dent
Durations: Acts I and II: 6.02-7.26pm, Act III: 7.53-8.30pm, Act IV: 8.53-9.43pm, Act V: 10.05-10.56pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 29 April 1960 (in Royal Opera House Collections)