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Der Rosenkavalier, 23 June 1959
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Richard Strauss
Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conductor: Leopold Ludwig
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Octavian: Elisabeth Soderstrom
The Feldmarschallin: Regine Crespin
Major Domo: Duncan Robertson
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau: Oscar Czerwenka
Valzacchi: John Kentish
Annina: Nancy Evans
Singer: William McAlpine
Herr von Faninal: Willy Ferenz
Mistress Marianne Leitmetzerin: Elizabeth Crook
Sophie: Anneliese Rothenberger
Major Domo to Faninal: John Dobson
Landlord: Duncan Robertson
Police Inspector: Hervey Alan
Notary: Derick Davies
Milliner: Brenda Stanley
Animal Seller: David Barrett
Leopold: Frederick Westcott
Mohammed: Lynn Corbyn
Noble Orphan: Catherine Wilson
Lackey: George Macpherson
Ochs' Servant: Harold Williams
Noble Widow: Evelyn Turner-Inman
Boots: Julian Moyle
Waiter: Griffith Lewis
Lackey: Walter Kavan
Lackey: Terence Conoley
Lackey: James Armstrong
Noble Orphan: Elizabeth Rust
Noble Orphan: Mona Ross
Ochs' Servant: Dennis Wicks
Ochs' Servant: Heinz Danziger
Waiter: Desmond Verini
Waiter: Derick Davies
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Oliver Messel
Costume Designer: Oliver Messel
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Richard Strauss
Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conductor: Leopold Ludwig
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Octavian: Elisabeth Soderstrom
The Feldmarschallin: Regine Crespin
Major Domo: Duncan Robertson
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau: Oscar Czerwenka
Valzacchi: John Kentish
Annina: Nancy Evans
Singer: William McAlpine
Herr von Faninal: Willy Ferenz
Mistress Marianne Leitmetzerin: Elizabeth Crook
Sophie: Anneliese Rothenberger
Major Domo to Faninal: John Dobson
Landlord: Duncan Robertson
Police Inspector: Hervey Alan
Notary: Derick Davies
Milliner: Brenda Stanley
Animal Seller: David Barrett
Leopold: Frederick Westcott
Mohammed: Lynn Corbyn
Noble Orphan: Catherine Wilson
Lackey: George Macpherson
Ochs' Servant: Harold Williams
Noble Widow: Evelyn Turner-Inman
Boots: Julian Moyle
Waiter: Griffith Lewis
Lackey: Walter Kavan
Lackey: Terence Conoley
Lackey: James Armstrong
Noble Orphan: Elizabeth Rust
Noble Orphan: Mona Ross
Ochs' Servant: Dennis Wicks
Ochs' Servant: Heinz Danziger
Waiter: Desmond Verini
Waiter: Derick Davies
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Oliver Messel
Costume Designer: Oliver Messel