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Falstaff, 20 September 1977
The Opera
Venue: Theatre Royal, Norwich
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Arrigo Boito
Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Cast
Sir John Falstaff: Jonathan Summers
Pistol: Sean Rea
Bardolph: Adrian Scott
Dr Caius: Graeme Matheson-Bruce
Mrs Meg Page: Joyce McCrindle
Mrs Alice Ford: Catherine McCord
Ann Ford (Nannetta): Miriam Bowen
Mistress Quickly: Enid Hartle
Ford: John Rawnsley
Fenton: Richard Berkeley-Steele
Production Team
Original Producer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Set Designer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Costume Designer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Lighting Designer: Robert Bryan
Revival Producer: Julian Hope
The Opera
Venue: Theatre Royal, Norwich
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Arrigo Boito
Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Cast
Sir John Falstaff: Jonathan Summers
Pistol: Sean Rea
Bardolph: Adrian Scott
Dr Caius: Graeme Matheson-Bruce
Mrs Meg Page: Joyce McCrindle
Mrs Alice Ford: Catherine McCord
Ann Ford (Nannetta): Miriam Bowen
Mistress Quickly: Enid Hartle
Ford: John Rawnsley
Fenton: Richard Berkeley-Steele
Production Team
Original Producer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Set Designer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Costume Designer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Lighting Designer: Robert Bryan
Revival Producer: Julian Hope