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Falstaff, 24 September 1981
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Arrigo Boito
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Cast
Sir John Falstaff: Thomas Hemsley
Pistol: Charles Kerry
Bardolph: Adrian Scott
Dr Caius: Hugh Hetherington
Mrs Meg Page: Christine Botes
Mrs Alice Ford: Elizabeth Byrne
Ann Ford (Nannetta): Rosamund Illing
Mistress Quickly: Anne-Marie Owens
Ford: Neil Jansen
Fenton: Mark Curtis
Production Team
Original Producer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Set Designer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Costume Designer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Lighting Designer: Keith Benson
Revival Producer: Julian Hope
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Arrigo Boito
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Cast
Sir John Falstaff: Thomas Hemsley
Pistol: Charles Kerry
Bardolph: Adrian Scott
Dr Caius: Hugh Hetherington
Mrs Meg Page: Christine Botes
Mrs Alice Ford: Elizabeth Byrne
Ann Ford (Nannetta): Rosamund Illing
Mistress Quickly: Anne-Marie Owens
Ford: Neil Jansen
Fenton: Mark Curtis
Production Team
Original Producer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Set Designer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Costume Designer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Lighting Designer: Keith Benson
Revival Producer: Julian Hope