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The Marriage of Figaro-3 January 1955 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor John Pritchard
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Figaro
Count Almaviva's servant 		Geraint Evans
Susanna
Countess Almaviva's maid 		Adele Leigh
Doctor Bartolo Howell Glynne
Marcellina
his housekeeper 		Edith Coates
Cherubino
the Countess's page 		Anna Pollak
Count Almaviva Norman Foster
Don Basilio
a priest and music-teacher 		William McAlpine
Countess Almaviva Sylvia Fisher
Antonio
a gardener, Susanna's uncle 		Ronald Lewis
Don Curzio
a lawyer 		David Tree
Barbarina
Antonio's daughter 		April Cantelo
Bridesmaid Elizabeth Goodall
Bridesmaid Vera Evans
Principal Dancer Elizabeth Trevor
Principal Dancer Keith Barker
Chorus of Villagers The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: Anna Pollak appears by arrangement with the Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd.
Language: English
Translator: E J Dent
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 3 January 1955 (in Royal Opera House Collections)