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- 1966 (Creation)
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8 pp.
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Cliodna O’Riordan and her sister Sally were among the first pupils of the Irish National Ballet School, which was set up in 1954 by Blanaid and Eoin O’Brolchain and Cecil ffrench Salkeld. The school was located at 19 Ely Place, Dublin, and its first director was Valentina Dutko. Dutko was replaced in 1956 by Patricia Ryan, during whose directorship the school evolved into the National Ballet Company.
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Programme of a performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto during the Festival of Italian Opera by the Dublin Grand Opera Society at the Gaiety Theatre on 18 May-11 June 1966.
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- Béarla