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King Priam-19 May 1975 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor David Atherton
Chorus Master Robin Stapleton
Leader Santiago Bravo
Cast
Nurse Elizabeth Bainbridge
Hecuba
Priam's wife 		Elizabeth Vaughan
Priam
King of Troy 		Forbes Robinson
Old Man Richard Van Allan
Young Guard John Dobson
Hector
eldest son of Priam and Hecuba 		Michael Devlin
Paris (as a young boy)
Priam's second son 		Andrew Harding
Paris Robert Tear
Helen
wife to Menelaus of Sparta, then wife in adultery to Paris 		Yvonne Minton
Hermes
messenger of the Gods 		Kenneth Bowen
Andromache
Hector's wife 		Anna Reynolds
Achilles
a Greek Hero 		Richard Lewis
Patroclus
his friend 		Thomas Allen
Serving Woman Elizabeth Shelley
Hunters, wedding guests, serving women, etc. The Royal Opera Chorus
Solo piano John Constable
Solo violin Santiago Bravo
Solo cello Clive Anstee
Solo guitar Timothy Walker
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Durations: Act I: 7.31-8.13pm, Act II: 8.36-9.02pm, Act III: 9.25-10.16pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 19 May 1975 (in Royal Opera House Collections)