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The Queen of Spades-2 December 1961 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Aleksandre Melik-Pashayev
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Chekalinsky
an officer in the Army 		John Lanigan
Surin
an officer in the Army 		Victor Godfrey
Count Tomsky
a friend of Hermann's 		Otakar Kraus
Hermann
an officer in the Army 		Richard Lewis
Prince Yeletsky
an officer in the Army 		Louis Quilico
Lisa
engaged to Prince Yeletsky 		Marie Collier
The Countess
her grandmother, 'The Queen of Spades' 		Edith Coates
Pauline
a friend of Lisa's 		Monica Sinclair
A Governess Janet Coster
Masha
maid to Lisa 		Pamela Brooks
The Master of Ceremonies Malcolm Campbell
Chaplitzky
a gambler 		Robert Bowman
Narumov
a gambler 		Rhydderch Davies
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Children from George Green Grammar School
Children from St Martin-in-the-Fields Secondary School
Boy Trumpeters and Drummer Boys Brigade (Kenton Branch)
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Arthur Jacobs
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 2 December 1961 (in Royal Opera House Collections)