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Tosca-24 January 1964 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario
Leader Charles Taylor
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Cast
Cesare Angelotti
an escaped political prisoner 		Victor Godfrey
A Sacristan Eric Garrett
Mario Cavaradossi
a famous painter and republican 		Renato Cioni
Floria Tosca
a famous singer 		Maria Callas
Baron Scarpia
Chief of Police 		Tito Gobbi
Spoletta
a Police Agent 		Robert Bowman
Sciarrone
a Police Officer 		Dennis Wicks
A Shepherd Boy David Sellar
A Gaoler Edgar Boniface
Soldiers, Police Agents, Noble Ladies and Gentlemen, Citizens The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Students of St Martin-in-the-Fields Secondary School
Students of Edith Cavell Secondary School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.36-8.17pm, Act II: 8.52-9.34pm, Act III: 10.04-10.29pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 24 January 1964 (in Royal Opera House Collections)