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L’incoronazione di Poppea, 23 June 1963
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: Elizabeth Bainbridge
Liberto: John Shirley-Quirk
Lucano: Hugues Cuenod
Amor: Annon Lee Silver
Lictor: Dennis Wicks
The Emperor's Fool: Robert Harrold
Production Team
Set Designer: Hugh Casson
Costume Designer: Joyce Conwy Evans
Lighting Designer: Francis Reid
Original Producer: Gunther Rennert
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: Elizabeth Bainbridge
Liberto: John Shirley-Quirk
Lucano: Hugues Cuenod
Amor: Annon Lee Silver
Lictor: Dennis Wicks
The Emperor's Fool: Robert Harrold
Production Team
Set Designer: Hugh Casson
Costume Designer: Joyce Conwy Evans
Lighting Designer: Francis Reid
Original Producer: Gunther Rennert