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La bohème-9 June 1987 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Prom performance
Conductor Giuseppe Patanè
Chorus Master Peter Burian
Leader Hugh Maguire
Cast
Marcello
a painter 		Thomas Allen
Rodolfo
a poet 		Plácido Domingo
Colline
a philosopher 		Gwynne Howell
Schaunard
a musician 		Roderick Earle
Benoit Brian Donlan
Mimì Ilona Tokody
Parpignol
a toy seller 		Alan Duffield
Musetta Rosamund Illing
Alcindoro
a Councillor of State 		Eric Garrett
A Sergeant Paschal Allen
A Customs Officer Bryan Secombe
Students, Seamstresses, Citizens, Shopkeepers, Barrow Boys, Soldiers, Waiters, Boys and Girls The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from St Clement Danes School (Drury Lane)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Part of the Covent Garden Proms
Sponsor: Midland Bank (prom performance) ; The London Daily News (Big Screen relay)
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.33-8.08pm, Act II: 8.14-8.32pm, Act III: 9.03-9.29pm, Act IV: 9.54-10.22pm
Big Screen - live relay : 9 June 1987; Covent Garden Piazza, London; This was the first Big Screen live relay from the Royal Opera House to Covent Garden Piazza.
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 9 June 1987 (in Royal Opera House Collections)