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Manon-28 October 1950 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Warwick Braithwaite
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Guillot de Morfontaine
a libertine 		Parry Jones
Bretigny
a libertine 		Ernest Davies
Poussette
Friend of Guillot 		Adele Leigh
Javotte
Friend of Guillot 		Iris Kells
Rosette
Friend of Guillot 		Monica Sinclair
The Innkeeper Kenneth Stevenson
Lescaut
cousin to Manon 		Geraint Evans
Guard Hubert Littlewood
Guard Charles Morris
Manon Lescaut Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
The Chevalier des Grieux Walter Midgley
The Maidservant Elizabeth Goodall
The Count des Grieux
father to the Chevalier 		Jess Walters
Gambler Hector Thomas
Gambler Afan Davies
Gambler Alan Hobson
A Police Officer Hubert Littlewood
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Norman Feasey
Durations: Act I: 7.03-7.36pm, Act II: 7.58-8.25pm, Act III: 8.42-9.25pm, Act IV: 9.42-10.17pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 28 October 1950 (in Royal Opera House Collections)