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The Marriage of Figaro - 11 November 1950 Evening 7.00pm
Opera:
Performance details
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Company: |
Covent Garden Opera Company |
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Venue: |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
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Performance status: |
Revival |
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Conductor
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Karl Rankl
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Chorus Master
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Douglas Robinson
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Leader
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Thomas Matthews
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Cast |
Figaro
Count Almaviva's servant
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Geraint Evans |
Susanna
Countess Almaviva's maid
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf |
| Doctor Bartolo
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Howell Glynne |
Marcellina
his housekeeper
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Edith Coates |
Cherubino
the Countess's page
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Adele Leigh |
| Count Almaviva
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Jess Walters |
Don Basilio
a priest and music-teacher
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Murray Dickie |
| Countess Almaviva
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Sylvia Fisher |
Antonio
a gardener, Susanna's uncle
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Rhydderch Davies |
Don Curzio
a lawyer
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David Tree |
Barbarina
Antonio's daughter
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Iris Kells |
| Bridesmaid
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Norah Cannell |
| Bridesmaid
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Vera Evans |
| Chorus of Villagers
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The Covent Garden Opera Chorus |
| Soloist
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Vera Winton |
| Soloist
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Ronald Plaisted |
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The Covent Garden Orchestra |
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Language: |
English |
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Translator: |
E J Dent |
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Durations: |
Overture: 7.03-7.06pm, Act I: 7.06-7.45pm, Act II: 8.03-8.50pm, Act III: 9.16-9.57pm, Act IV: 10.13-10.44pm |
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Information source: |
Royal Opera House programme for 11 November 1950 (in Royal Opera House Collections) |