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Der Rosenkavalier-2 February 1952 Evening

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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
Princess von Werdenberg
Wife of Field-Marshall Prince von Werdenberg 		Sylvia Fisher
Octavian
Called Quinquin, a young gentleman of noble family 		Constance Shacklock
Black Page to the Princess John Lawrence
Major Domo to the Princess David Tree
The Princess's Footman Afan Davies
The Princess's Footman Hector Thomas
The Princess's Footman Wilfred Jones
The Princess's Footman Hubert Littlewood
Baron Ochs von Lerchenau Howell Glynne
A Noble Widow Winifred Watkins
Noble Orphan Vera Evans
Noble Orphan Vera Hoddinott
Noble Orphan Lilian Simmons
A Milliner Jacqueline Browning
An Animal Seller Emlyn Jones
A Hairdresser Lewis Powell
The Attorney Rhydderch Davies
Valzacchi
a shady agent 		Parry Jones
Annina
his partner 		Jean Watson
A Tenor Singer Anthony Marlowe
A Flute Player Ronald Firmager
Leopold
bodyservant to Baron Ochs 		Basil Hemming
Herr von Faninal
A rich merchant, newly ennobled 		Ronald Lewis
Sophie
his daughter 		Kathryn Harvey
Her Duenna Muriel Burnett
Major Domo to Faninal Thomas Fletcher
The Landlord David Tree
Waiter John Campbell
Waiter Afan Davies
Waiter Alan Hobson
Waiter Emlyn Lewis
The Police Inspector Rhydderch Davies
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Children from Kingsland Central School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Alan Pryce-Jones
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 2 February 1952 (in Royal Opera House Collections)