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Ariadne auf Naxos (2nd version), 13 August 1981
The Opera
Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
Composer: Richard Strauss
Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conductor: Gustav Kuhn
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Music Master: Donald Bell
Major Domo: William Fox
Lackey: John Hall
Officer: Hugh Hetherington
Composer: Maria Ewing
Bacchus: Dennis Bailey
Wig-Maker: Omar Ebrahim
Zerbinetta: Gianna Rolandi
Ariadne: Helena Dose
Dancing Master: Alexander Oliver
Harlekin: Dale Duesing
Scaramuccio: Alexander Oliver
Brighella: John Fryatt
Truffaldin: Willard White
Naiade: Deborah Rees
Dryade: Fiona Kimm
Echo: Elizabeth Ritchie
The Opera
Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
Composer: Richard Strauss
Librettist: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conductor: Gustav Kuhn
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Music Master: Donald Bell
Major Domo: William Fox
Lackey: John Hall
Officer: Hugh Hetherington
Composer: Maria Ewing
Bacchus: Dennis Bailey
Wig-Maker: Omar Ebrahim
Zerbinetta: Gianna Rolandi
Ariadne: Helena Dose
Dancing Master: Alexander Oliver
Harlekin: Dale Duesing
Scaramuccio: Alexander Oliver
Brighella: John Fryatt
Truffaldin: Willard White
Naiade: Deborah Rees
Dryade: Fiona Kimm
Echo: Elizabeth Ritchie