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L’Incoronazione Di Poppea, 15 July 1962
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Librettist: Gian Francesco Busenello
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Ottone: Walter Alberti
First Soldier: Dennis Brandt
Second Soldier: Gerald English
Poppea: Magda Laszlo
Nerone: Richard Lewis
Arnalta: Oralia Dominguez
Ottavia: Frances Bible
Damigella: Soo-Bee Lee
Seneca: Carlo Cava
Valetto: Duncan Robertson
Drusilla: Lydia Marimpietri
Pallade: Josephine Allen
Liberto: John Shirley-Quirk
Lucano: Hugues Cuenod
Amor: Marta Sellas
Lictor: Dennis Wicks
The Emperor's Fool: Robert Harrold
Production Team
Original Producer: Gunther Rennert
Set Designer: Hugh Casson
Costume Designer: Joyce Conwy Evans
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Librettist: Gian Francesco Busenello
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Ottone: Walter Alberti
First Soldier: Dennis Brandt
Second Soldier: Gerald English
Poppea: Magda Laszlo
Nerone: Richard Lewis
Arnalta: Oralia Dominguez
Ottavia: Frances Bible
Damigella: Soo-Bee Lee
Seneca: Carlo Cava
Valetto: Duncan Robertson
Drusilla: Lydia Marimpietri
Pallade: Josephine Allen
Liberto: John Shirley-Quirk
Lucano: Hugues Cuenod
Amor: Marta Sellas
Lictor: Dennis Wicks
The Emperor's Fool: Robert Harrold
Production Team
Original Producer: Gunther Rennert
Set Designer: Hugh Casson
Costume Designer: Joyce Conwy Evans