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Idomeneo, rè di Creta-6 July 1979 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 Colin Davis
Chorus Master John Bacon
Leader John Brown
Cast
Ilia
daughter of King Priam of Troy, a Prisoner of War in Crete 		Yvonne Kenny
Idamante
son of Idomeneo 		Janet Baker
Elettra
daughter of Agamemnon, King of Argos 		Elizabeth Vaughan
Idomeneo
King of Crete 		Stuart Burrows
Arbace
the King's confidant 		John Lanigan
High Priest of Nettuno Jonathan Summers
Voice of Nettuno Robert Lloyd
Additional soloists
Cretan Girl Elena Davies
Cretan Girl Elizabeth Sikora
Trojan Prisoner Handel Owen
Trojan Prisoner Edward Sadler
Flower Girl Patricia Gunn
Flower Girl Anna Cooper
Cretan Citizens, Ministers, Priests, Guards, Servants, Sailors, Plague Victims; Elettra's attendants, Trojan Prisoners, Children The Royal Opera Chorus
Dancers
Harpsichord John Constable
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.32-8.27pm, Act II: 8.45-9.27pm, Act III: 9.53-10.56pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 6 July 1979 (in Royal Opera House Collections)