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Falstaff, 27 August 1955
The Opera
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Arrigo Boito
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Sir John Falstaff: Fernando Corena
Pistol: Marco Stefanoni
Bardolph: Daniel McCoshan
Dr Caius: Dermot Troy
Mrs Meg Page: Fernanda Cadoni
Mrs Alice Ford: Anna Maria Rovere
Ann Ford (Nannetta): Eugenia Ratti
Mistress Quickly: Oralia Dominguez
Ford: Walter Monachesi
Fenton: Kevin Miller
Innkeeper: Harold Williams
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Costume Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Choreographer: Pauline Grant
The Opera
Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Arrigo Boito
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Sir John Falstaff: Fernando Corena
Pistol: Marco Stefanoni
Bardolph: Daniel McCoshan
Dr Caius: Dermot Troy
Mrs Meg Page: Fernanda Cadoni
Mrs Alice Ford: Anna Maria Rovere
Ann Ford (Nannetta): Eugenia Ratti
Mistress Quickly: Oralia Dominguez
Ford: Walter Monachesi
Fenton: Kevin Miller
Innkeeper: Harold Williams
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Costume Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Choreographer: Pauline Grant