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Carmen-20 February 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
Conductor Erich Kleiber
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Morales
a sergeant 		John Cameron
Micaela
a peasant girl 		Uta Graf
Zuniga
the captain of the Dragoons 		Ernest Davies
Don José
a corporal 		Edgar Evans
Carmen
gipsy girl 		Constance Shacklock
Frasquita
gipsy girl 		Audrey Bowman
Mercedes
gipsy girl 		Rosina Raisbeck
Lillas Pastia
the landlord of a tavern 		Charles Morris
Escamillo
a bull-fighter 		Geraint Evans
Dancairo
leader of a band of gipsy smugglers 		Grahame Clifford
Remendado
leader of a band of gipsy smugglers 		David Tree
Members of the Sadler's Wells Ballet School
ACT II
Tavern Dancer Judy Laraman
Tavern Dancer Joan Benesh
Tavern Dancer Anna Dowson
Tavern Dancer Catherine Boulton
Tavern Dancer June Pickett
Tavern Dancer Brenda Averty
Tavern Dancer Brenda Taylor
Tavern Dancer Diane Forhan
ACT IV
Soloist Palma Nye
Ensemble John Sale
Ensemble Donald Kilgour
Ensemble Donald Barclay
Ensemble David Harding
Ensemble Judy Laraman
Ensemble Joan Benesh
Ensemble Anna Dowson
Ensemble Catherine Boulton
Ensemble June Pickett
Ensemble Brenda Averty
Ensemble Brenda Taylor
Ensemble Diane Forhan
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Children from the Enfield Road Secondary School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Hermann Klein
Durations: Act I: 7.02-7.50pm, Act II: 8.12-8.47pm, Act III: 9.05-9.43pm, Act IV: 9.57-10.22pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 20 February 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)