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Rigoletto-31 January 1951 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
Guest Conductor Erich Kleiber
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
The Duke of Mantua Walter Midgley
Borsa
Gentleman of the Court 		Dennis Stephenson
Marullo
Gentleman of the Court 		Ernest Davies
Count Ceprano
Gentleman of the Court 		Bryan Drake
Countess Ceprano Adele Leigh
Rigoletto
the Court Jester 		Marko Rothmüller
Count Monterone Rhydderch Davies
Sparafucile
a hired assassin 		Marian Nowakowski
Gilda
Rigoletto's daughter 		Wilma Lipp
Giovanna
her nurse 		Lilian Simmons
A Page Vera Hoddinott
An Usher Ronald Lewis
Maddalena
Sparafucile's sister 		Edith Coates
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Natalia Macfarren
Durations: Act I: 7.02-7.18pm, Act II: 7.30-8.05pm, Act III: 8.21-8.47pm, Act IV: 9.01-9.32pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 31 January 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)