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The Marriage of Figaro-5 January 1953 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
Conductor Issay Dobrowen
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 		Euginia Zareska
Count Almaviva Jess Walters
Don Basilio
a priest and music-teacher 		William McAlpine
Countess Almaviva Eleanor Houston
Antonio
a gardener, Susanna's uncle 		Ronald Lewis
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
Notes: Anna Pollak appears by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells.
Language: English
Translator: E J Dent
Durations: Act I: 7.01-7.42pm, Act II: 7.57-8.43pm, Act III: 9.02-9.42pm, Act IV: 9.55-10.25pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 5 January 1953 (in Royal Opera House Collections)