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Ariadne Auf Naxos 2nd, 18 July 1953
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Richard Strauss
Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Music Master: Sesto Bruscantini
Major Domo: David Franklin
Lackey: Dennis Wicks
Officer: John Carolan
Composer: Sena Jurinac
Bacchus: Richard Lewis
Wig-Maker: Gwyn Griffiths
Zerbinetta: Mattiwilda Dobbs
Ariadne: Dorothy Dow
Dancing Master: Murray Dickie
Harlekin: Kurt Gester
Scaramuccio: Alexander Young
Brighella: Murray Dickie
Truffaldin: Fritz Ollendorff
Naiade: Edna Graham
Dryade: Marjorie Thomas
Echo: April Cantelo
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Oliver Messel
Costume Designer: Oliver Messel
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Richard Strauss
Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Music Master: Sesto Bruscantini
Major Domo: David Franklin
Lackey: Dennis Wicks
Officer: John Carolan
Composer: Sena Jurinac
Bacchus: Richard Lewis
Wig-Maker: Gwyn Griffiths
Zerbinetta: Mattiwilda Dobbs
Ariadne: Dorothy Dow
Dancing Master: Murray Dickie
Harlekin: Kurt Gester
Scaramuccio: Alexander Young
Brighella: Murray Dickie
Truffaldin: Fritz Ollendorff
Naiade: Edna Graham
Dryade: Marjorie Thomas
Echo: April Cantelo
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Oliver Messel
Costume Designer: Oliver Messel