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Le Nozze Di Figaro, 18 July 1956
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte
Conductor: Maurits Sillem
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Figaro: Sesto Bruscantini
Susanna: Elena Rizzieri
Bartolo: Ian Wallace
Marcellina: Monica Sinclair
Cherubino: Cora Canne-Meijer
Count Almaviva: Michel Roux
Don Basilio: Hugues Cuenod
Countess Almaviva: Joan Sutherland
Antonio: Gwyn Griffiths
Don Curzio: Daniel McCoshan
Barbarina: Jeannette Sinclair
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Oliver Messel
Costume Designer: Oliver Messel
Choreographer: Pauline Grant
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte
Conductor: Maurits Sillem
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Figaro: Sesto Bruscantini
Susanna: Elena Rizzieri
Bartolo: Ian Wallace
Marcellina: Monica Sinclair
Cherubino: Cora Canne-Meijer
Count Almaviva: Michel Roux
Don Basilio: Hugues Cuenod
Countess Almaviva: Joan Sutherland
Antonio: Gwyn Griffiths
Don Curzio: Daniel McCoshan
Barbarina: Jeannette Sinclair
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Oliver Messel
Costume Designer: Oliver Messel
Choreographer: Pauline Grant