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XERXES by George Frederick Handel, Nicolo Minato
Venue: Sadler's Wells 1963
Handel Opera Society
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
Chorus of the New Opera Company
Conductor: Anthony Lewis



Characters in order of appearance
Xerxes, King of Persia
Alexander Young
Arsamenes, his younger brother
Maureen Lehane
Elviro, his servant
John Holmes
Romilda, Daughter of Ariodates
Pauline Tinsley
Atalanta, her sister
Patricia Clark
Amastris, Xerxes' betrothed
Helen Watts
Ariodates, Xerxes' Commander-in-Chief
Geoffrey Clifton
Soldiers and Flunkeys
John Preston Bell, Kenneth McLeod,
Malcolm Cottle, Simon Garratt
A Priest
Nigel Curtis Raleigh