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The Queen of Spades-23 December 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: Original season
Guest Conductor Erich Kleiber
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Tchekalinsky
an officer in the Army 		Parry Jones
Sourin
an officer in the Army 		Ronald Lewis
Count Tomsky
a friend of Herman's 		Marko Rothmüller
Herman
an officer in the Army 		Edgar Evans
Prince Yeletsky
an officer in the Army 		Jess Walters
Lisa
engaged to Prince Yeletsky 		Hilde Zadek
The Countess
her grandmother, 'The Queen of Spades' 		Edith Coates
Pauline
a friend of Lisa's 		Monica Sinclair
A Governess Elizabeth Harbutt
Mary
maid to Lisa 		Leonne Mills
The Master of Ceremonies David Tree
Tchaplitsky
a dandy 		Dennis Stephenson
Narumov
an officer in the Army 		Michael Langdon
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Students of Enfield Road Secondary School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Rosa Newmarch
Durations: Act I: 7.04-7.55pm, Act II: 8.12-8.43pm, Act III: 8.57-9.31pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 23 December 1950 (in Royal Opera House Collections)