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Falstaff, 29 July 1957
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Arrigo Boito
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Sir John Falstaff: Geraint Evans
Pistol: Hervey Alan
Bardolph: John Lewis
Dr Caius: Hugues Cuenod
Mrs Meg Page: Fernanda Cadoni
Mrs Alice Ford: Orietta Moscucci
Ann Ford (Nannetta): Antonietta Pastori
Mistress Quickly: Oralia Dominguez
Ford: Antonio Boyer
Fenton: Juan Oncina
Innkeeper: Harold Williams
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Costume Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Choreographer: David Ellis
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Arrigo Boito
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Sir John Falstaff: Geraint Evans
Pistol: Hervey Alan
Bardolph: John Lewis
Dr Caius: Hugues Cuenod
Mrs Meg Page: Fernanda Cadoni
Mrs Alice Ford: Orietta Moscucci
Ann Ford (Nannetta): Antonietta Pastori
Mistress Quickly: Oralia Dominguez
Ford: Antonio Boyer
Fenton: Juan Oncina
Innkeeper: Harold Williams
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Costume Designer: Osbert Lancaster
Choreographer: David Ellis