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Fidelio-28 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: Revival
Conductor Peter Gellhorn
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Jaquino
a porter 		Dennis Stephenson
Marcelline
Rocco's daughter 		Uta Graf
Rocco
a gaoler 		Rhydderch Davies
Leonora
Florestan's wife, disguised as Fidelio, a manservant 		Sylvia Fisher
Don Pizarro
Governor of the Prison 		Tom Williams
First Prisoner Charles Craig
Second Prisoner Charles Morris
Florestan
a Prisoner of State 		Peter Anders
Don Fernando
the Minister 		Marko Rothmüller
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: The overture 'Leonora No.3' was played between Act II scene 1 and Act II scene 2.
Language: English
Translator: Edward J Dent
Durations: Overture: 7.03-7.10pm, Act I: 7.10-8.14pm, Act II scene 1: 8.37-9.09pm, Overture 'Leonora No.3': 9.11-9.24pm, Act II scene 2: 9.25-9.38pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 28 December 1950 (in Royal Opera House Collections)