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The Electrification of the Soviet Union, 21 November 1987
The Opera
Venue: Hippodrome, Birmingham
Composer: Nigel Osborne
Librettist: Craig Raine
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Cast
Boris Pasternak: Henry Herford
Serezha Spectorsky: Omar Ebrahim
Lemokh: Jonathan Veira
Frestln: Philip O'Reilly
Sashka's Husband: Philip O'Reilly
Fardybassov: Wout Oosterkamp
Ticket Collector: Wout Oosterkamp
Frestln Servant: Wout Oosterkamp
Anna Arild: Susan Bickley
Sashka: Anna Steiger
Mrs Frestln: Eirian Davies
Natasha: Linda Hirst
Harry Frestln: Jamie Gates
Production Team
Original Director: Peter Sellars
Set Designer: George Tsypin
Costume Designer: Duna Ramicova
Lighting Designer: James F Ingalls
Sound Projection: John Whiting
The Opera
Venue: Hippodrome, Birmingham
Composer: Nigel Osborne
Librettist: Craig Raine
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Cast
Boris Pasternak: Henry Herford
Serezha Spectorsky: Omar Ebrahim
Lemokh: Jonathan Veira
Frestln: Philip O'Reilly
Sashka's Husband: Philip O'Reilly
Fardybassov: Wout Oosterkamp
Ticket Collector: Wout Oosterkamp
Frestln Servant: Wout Oosterkamp
Anna Arild: Susan Bickley
Sashka: Anna Steiger
Mrs Frestln: Eirian Davies
Natasha: Linda Hirst
Harry Frestln: Jamie Gates
Production Team
Original Director: Peter Sellars
Set Designer: George Tsypin
Costume Designer: Duna Ramicova
Lighting Designer: James F Ingalls
Sound Projection: John Whiting