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The Marriage of Figaro-11 February 1952 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Guest Conductor Erich Kleiber
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Figaro
Count Almaviva's servant 		Geraint Evans
Susanna
Countess Almaviva's maid 		Ruth Guldbaek
Doctor Bartolo Howell Glynne
Marcellina
his housekeeper 		Edith Coates
Cherubino
the Countess's page 		Monica Sinclair
Count Almaviva Bruce Boyce
Don Basilio
a priest and music-teacher 		Max Worthley
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 The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Dancers from the Sadler's Wells Ballet School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: E J Dent
Durations: Overture: 7.00-7.05pm, Act I: 7.05-7.43pm, Act II: 7.59-8.45pm, Act II: 9.05-9.45pm, Act IV: 9.57-10.29pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 11 February 1952 (in Royal Opera House Collections)