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L’enfant et les sortileges, 29 July 1988
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Librettist: Colette
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Orchestra: London Philharmonic
Cast
Child: Martine Mahe
Mother: Fiona Kimm
Tom Cat: Malcolm Walker
Armchair: Francois Loup
Louis XV Chair: Hyacinth Nicholls
Grandfather Clock: Malcolm Walker
Teapot: Thierry Dran
Chinese Cup: Louise Winter
Fire: Nan Christie
Shepherd: Eleanor Bennett
Shepherdess: Yvonne Barclay
Princess: Harolyn Blackwell
Little Old Man: Thierry Dran
Cat: Fiona Kimm
Tree: Francois Loup
Dragonfly: Louise Winter
Nightingale: Nan Christie
Bat: Hyacinth Nicholls
Squirrel: Anna Steiger
Frog: Thierry Dran
Owl: Sarah Pring
Production Team
Original Director: Frank Corsaro
Associate Director: Patrick Young
Set Designer: Maurice Sendak
Costume Designer: Maurice Sendak
Lighting Designer: Keith Benson
Choreographer: Jenny Weston
Special Effects: Ronald Chase
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Librettist: Colette
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Orchestra: London Philharmonic
Cast
Child: Martine Mahe
Mother: Fiona Kimm
Tom Cat: Malcolm Walker
Armchair: Francois Loup
Louis XV Chair: Hyacinth Nicholls
Grandfather Clock: Malcolm Walker
Teapot: Thierry Dran
Chinese Cup: Louise Winter
Fire: Nan Christie
Shepherd: Eleanor Bennett
Shepherdess: Yvonne Barclay
Princess: Harolyn Blackwell
Little Old Man: Thierry Dran
Cat: Fiona Kimm
Tree: Francois Loup
Dragonfly: Louise Winter
Nightingale: Nan Christie
Bat: Hyacinth Nicholls
Squirrel: Anna Steiger
Frog: Thierry Dran
Owl: Sarah Pring
Production Team
Original Director: Frank Corsaro
Associate Director: Patrick Young
Set Designer: Maurice Sendak
Costume Designer: Maurice Sendak
Lighting Designer: Keith Benson
Choreographer: Jenny Weston
Special Effects: Ronald Chase