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Far from the Madding Crowd-22 May 1996 Evening

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Performance details

Company: The Birmingham Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Philip Ellis
Leader Yuri Torchinsky
Cast
Bathsheba Everdene Leticia Müller
Gabriel Oak Michael O'Hare
William Boldwood Joseph Cipolla
Sergeant Francis Troy Wolfgang Stollwitzer
Fanny Robin
a servant to Bathsheba 		Rachel Peppin
Liddy Smallbury
Bathsheba's confidante 		Chenca Williams
Joseph Poorgrass
Bathsheba's bailiff 		David Morse
Cavalry Officer Paul Bayes-Kitcher
Cavalry Officer Yi-Lei Cai
Matilda Johnson
a garrison woman 		Dorcas Walters
Grimaldi Timothy Cross
Roustabout Chi Cao
Roustabout Robert Parker
Tumbler Simone Clarke
Tumbler Paul Bayes-Kitcher
Tumbler Yi-Lei Cai
Bearded Lady Dorcas Walters
Three-legged man Samuel Armstrong
Fiddler Martin Pring
Juggler Martin Hughes
Fire-eater Leo Hudson
Shepherds, thatchers, dairymaids, farmhands, farmers, fishermen Artists of The Birmingham Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Notes: First performance at ROH
Durations: Act I: 50 minutes, Interval: 20 minutes, Act II: 40 minutes, Interval: 20 minutes, Act III: 40 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 22 May 1996 (in Royal Opera House Collections)