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Le Nozze Di Figaro, 29 October 1981

The Opera

Venue: Palace Theatre, Manchester

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte

Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer

Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta

Cast

Figaro: Christopher Blades

Susanna: Delith Brook

Bartolo: Roger Bryson

Marcellina: Mary King

Cherubino: Beverley Mills

Count Almaviva: Robert Dean

Don Basilio: David Johnston

Countess Almaviva: Elizabeth Ritchie

Antonio: Andrew Gallacher

Don Curzio: Alan Duffield

Barbarina: Alison Higham-Bell

Production Team

Original Producer: Peter Hall

Set Designer: John Bury

Costume Designer: John Bury

Lighting Designer: Keith Benson

Revival Producer: Roger Williams