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The Marriage of Figaro-13 February 1951 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 Karl Rankl
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Figaro
Count Almaviva's servant 		Geraint Evans
Susanna
Countess Almaviva's maid 		Emmy Loose
Doctor Bartolo Howell Glynne
Marcellina
his housekeeper 		Edith Coates
Cherubino
the Countess's page 		Adele Leigh
Count Almaviva Jess Walters
Don Basilio
a priest and music-teacher 		Dennis Stephenson
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
Soloist Joan Benesh
Soloist John Sale
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: E J Dent
Durations: Overture: 7.03-7.08pm, Act I: 7.08-7.46pm, Act II: 8.10-8.53pm, Act III: 9.17-9.57pm, Act IV: 10.11-10.44pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 13 February 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)