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Die Zauberflote, 25 July 1956
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Emanuel Schikaneder
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Tamino: Ernst Haefliger
1st Lady: Joan Sutherland
2nd Lady: Cora Canne-Meijer
3rd Lady: Monica Sinclair
Papageno: Geraint Evans
Queen of the Night: Mattiwilda Dobbs
Monostatos: Kevin Miller
Pamina: Pilar Lorengar
1st Boy/Spirit: Belva Boroditsky
2nd Boy/Spirit: Jeannette Sinclair
3rd Boy/Spirit: Vera Kinrade
Speaker: Thomas Hemsley
Sarastro: Frederick Guthrie
Priest & Armed Man: David Kelly
Priest & Armed Man: John Carolan
Papagena: Naida Labay
Production Team
Set Designer: Oliver Messel
Costume Designer: Oliver Messel
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Emanuel Schikaneder
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Tamino: Ernst Haefliger
1st Lady: Joan Sutherland
2nd Lady: Cora Canne-Meijer
3rd Lady: Monica Sinclair
Papageno: Geraint Evans
Queen of the Night: Mattiwilda Dobbs
Monostatos: Kevin Miller
Pamina: Pilar Lorengar
1st Boy/Spirit: Belva Boroditsky
2nd Boy/Spirit: Jeannette Sinclair
3rd Boy/Spirit: Vera Kinrade
Speaker: Thomas Hemsley
Sarastro: Frederick Guthrie
Priest & Armed Man: David Kelly
Priest & Armed Man: John Carolan
Papagena: Naida Labay
Production Team
Set Designer: Oliver Messel
Costume Designer: Oliver Messel
Original Producer: Carl Ebert