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King Priam-8 January 1963 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Bryan Balkwill
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Nurse Noreen Berry
Hecuba
Priam's wife 		Judith Pierce
Priam
King of Troy 		Forbes Robinson
Old Man David Kelly
Young Guard Robert Bowman
Hector
eldest son of Priam and Hecuba 		Victor Godfrey
Paris (as a young boy)
Priam's second son 		Kevin Platts
Paris John Dobson
Helen
wife to Menelaus of Sparta, then wife in adultery to Paris 		Margreta Elkins
Hermes
messenger of the Gods 		John Lanigan
Andromache
Hector's wife 		Elizabeth Vaughan
Achilles
a Greek Hero 		Richard Lewis
Patroclus
his friend 		Joseph Ward
Serving woman Paula Dean
Hunters, wedding guests, serving women, etc. The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Solo piano John Constable
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 8 January 1963 (in Royal Opera House Collections)