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Pagliacci-7 July 2003 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Canio ('Pagliaccio')
leader of the players 		Plácido Domingo
Tonio ('Taddeo')
a clown 		Lado Ataneli
Nedda ('Colombine')
Canio's wife 		Angela Gheorghiu
Beppe ('Harlequin') Daniil Shtoda
Silvio
a villager 		Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Villager Nigel Cliffe
Villager Elliot Goldie
The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Commedia
Actors
Children from Tiffin School for Boys (Kingston-upon-Thames)
Students of Kingston Grammar School (Kingston-upon-Thames)
Children from Stagecoach
Children from The Place (Euston)
Children from Spelthorne Sports Acrobatics
Children from South Essex Gymnastics Club
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Sponsor: Coutts
Language: Italian
Surtitled by: Aidan Lang
Durations: Prologue and Act I: 55 minutes, Interval: 25 minutes, Act II: 30 minutes
Event: Number 1 in The Royal Opera Gala performance of 'Pagliacci' 7 July 2003
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 7 July 2003 (in Royal Opera House Collections)