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Alceste, 19 June 1954
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Librettist: Bailli Leblanc du Roullet
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Evandre: Paul Asciak
Alceste: Magda Laszlo
La Grand Pretre: Raimundo Torres
Admete: Richard Lewis
Hercule: Thomas Hemsley
La Voix De Tanato: James Atkins
Apollon: Raimundo Torres
L'Oracle: Gwyn Griffiths
First Coryphee: Rita McKerrow
Second Coryphee: Barbara Delano Laing
Third Coryphee: James Atkins
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Hugh Casson
Costume Designer: Rosemary Vercoe
Choreographer: Pauline Grant
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Librettist: Bailli Leblanc du Roullet
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Evandre: Paul Asciak
Alceste: Magda Laszlo
La Grand Pretre: Raimundo Torres
Admete: Richard Lewis
Hercule: Thomas Hemsley
La Voix De Tanato: James Atkins
Apollon: Raimundo Torres
L'Oracle: Gwyn Griffiths
First Coryphee: Rita McKerrow
Second Coryphee: Barbara Delano Laing
Third Coryphee: James Atkins
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Hugh Casson
Costume Designer: Rosemary Vercoe
Choreographer: Pauline Grant