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Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, 16 June 1981
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Librettist: Cesare Sterbini
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Fiorello: Robert Dean
Il Conte D'Almaviva: Max-Rene Cosotti
Figaro: John Rawnsley
Rosina: Maria Ewing
Bartolo: Claudio Desderi
Berta: Catherine McCord
Ambrogio: Adrian Scott
Basilio: Ferruccio Furlanetto
An Officer: Hugh Davies
Second Officer: Andrew Gallacher
Notary: Anthony Buckeridge
Production Team
Original Producer: John Cox
Staff Director: Michael Beauchamp
Set Designer: William Dudley
Costume Designer: William Dudley
Lighting Designer: Robert Bryan
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Librettist: Cesare Sterbini
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Fiorello: Robert Dean
Il Conte D'Almaviva: Max-Rene Cosotti
Figaro: John Rawnsley
Rosina: Maria Ewing
Bartolo: Claudio Desderi
Berta: Catherine McCord
Ambrogio: Adrian Scott
Basilio: Ferruccio Furlanetto
An Officer: Hugh Davies
Second Officer: Andrew Gallacher
Notary: Anthony Buckeridge
Production Team
Original Producer: John Cox
Staff Director: Michael Beauchamp
Set Designer: William Dudley
Costume Designer: William Dudley
Lighting Designer: Robert Bryan