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Le Nozze Di Figaro, 28 August 1950

The Opera

Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte

Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay

Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Cast

Figaro: George London

Susanna: Elfride Troetschel

Bartolo: Ian Wallace

Marcellina: Jean Watson

Cherubino: Sena Jurinac

Count Almaviva: Marko Rothmuller

Don Basilio: Murray Dickie

Countess Almaviva: Clara Ebers

Antonio: Dennis Wicks

Don Curzio: Leslie Fyson

Barbarina: April Cantelo

Production Team

Original Producer: Carl Ebert

Set Designer: Rolf Gerard

Costume Designer: Rolf Gerard

Choreographer: Michael Holmes