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The Golden Cockerel

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Fairy-tale opera Libretto after Pushkin by V. I. BYELSKY English version by JAMES GIBSON and ANTAL DORATI Music by RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Cast in order of singing
Councillors, soldiers, attendants ROYAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master DOUGLAS ROBINSON
ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE led by GEORGE HALLAM conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS The action takes place in the legendary realm of King Dodon Act 1 The council hall in King Dodon's palace

Contributors

Unknown:
V. I. Byelsky
Unknown:
James Gibson
Unknown:
Antal Dorati
Chorus-Master:
Douglas Robinson
Unknown:
George Hallam
Conducted By:
Charles MacKerras
The Astrologer:
Kenneth MacDonalb (tenor)
King Dodon:
Noel Mangin (bass)
Prince Guidon, his elder son:
John Lanigan (tenor)
Polkan, a warrior:
Anthony Raffell (bass)
Prince Afron, Dodon's younger son:
Hugh Sheehan (baritone)
The Golden Cockerel:
Suzanne Steele (soprano)
Amelfa, the housekeeper:
Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-Soprano)
The Queen of Shemakhan:
Patricia Brooks (soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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