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Carmen-9 October 1948 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 Karl Rankl
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Joseph Shadwick
Cast
Morales
sergeant 		Rhydderch Davies
Micaela
a peasant girl 		Blanche Turner
Zuniga
captain of the Dragoons 		David Franklin
Don José
corporal 		Franz Vroons
Carmen
gypsy girl 		Else Brems
Frasquita
gypsy girl 		Audrey Bowman
Mercedes
gypsy girl 		Denise Francis-Sirou
Lillas Pastia
landlord of a tavern 		J Arthur Kellet
Escamillo
a bull-fighter 		Paolo Silveri
Dancairo
leader of a band of gypsy smugglers 		Grahame Clifford
Remendado
leader of a band of gypsy smugglers 		David Tree
Sadler's Wells Ballet
Soloist Violetta Elvin
Sadler's Wells Ballet School
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Children from the Italia Conti Stage School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Hermann Klein
Durations: Act I: 7.07-7.52pm, Act II: 8.10-8.50pm, Act III: 9.07-9.44pm, Act IV: 9.59-10.24pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 9 October 1948 (in Royal Opera House Collections)