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The Marriage of Figaro-4 October 1949 Evening

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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
Leader Joseph Shadwick
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Cast
Figaro
Count Almaviva's servant 		Geraint Evans
Susanna
Countess Almaviva's maid 		Shirley Russell
Doctor Bartolo Howell Glynne
Marcellina
His housekeeper 		Edith Coates
Cherubino
The Countess's page 		Adele Leigh
Count Almaviva John Brownlee
Don Basilio
A priest and music-teacher 		Murray Dickie
Countess Almaviva Sylvia Fisher
Antonio
A gardener, Susanna's uncle 		Rhydderch Davies
Don Curzio
A lawyer 		David Tree
Barbarina
Antonio's daughter 		Iris Kells

Bridesmaid 		Norah Cannell

Bridesmaid 		Vera Evans
Chorus of Villagers

Soloist 		Moyra Fraser
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House Programme 4 October 1949