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The Marriage of Figaro-15 November 1956 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 		Elsie Morison
Doctor Bartolo Frederick Dalberg
Marcellina
his housekeeper 		Barbara Howitt
Cherubino
the Countess's page 		Jeannette Sinclair
Count Almaviva Eberhard Wachter
Don Basilio
a priest and music-teacher 		Dermot Troy
Countess Almaviva Una Hale
Antonio
a gardener, Susanna's uncle 		Rhydderch Davies
Don Curzio
a lawyer 		David Tree
Barbarina
Antonio's daughter 		Joan Carlyle
Bridesmaid Judith Stubbs
Bridesmaid Vera Evans
Principal Dancer Judy Laraman
Principal Dancer David Harding
Chorus of Villagers The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: E J Dent
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 15 November 1956 (in Royal Opera House Collections)