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L’Enfant Et Les Sortileges, 29 October 1987
The Opera
Venue: Apollo Theatre, Oxford
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Librettist: Colette
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Cast
Child: Cynthia Buchan
Mother: Lynne Davies
Louis XV Chair: Menai Davies
Armchair: Peter Rose
Grandfather Clock: Robert Poulton
Tom Cat: Robert Poulton
Teapot: Neil Jenkins
Chinese Cup: Tamsin Dives
Fire: Maureen Brathwaite
Nightingale: Maureen Brathwaite
Shepherdess: Elizabeth Rodger
Shepherd: Hyacinth Nicholls
Princess: Carol Smith
Little Old Man: Neil Jenkins
Cat: Lynne Davies
Tree: Peter Rose
Dragonfly: Tamsin Dives
Bat: Menai Davies
Frog: Neil Jenkins
Squirrel: Janice Close
Production Team
Original Producer: Frank Corsaro
Set Designer: Maurice Sendak
Costume Designer: Maurice Sendak
Lighting Designer: Keith Benson
Choreographer: Jenny Weston
Special Effects: Ronald Chase
Revival Producer: Kate Brown
The Opera
Venue: Apollo Theatre, Oxford
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Librettist: Colette
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Cast
Child: Cynthia Buchan
Mother: Lynne Davies
Louis XV Chair: Menai Davies
Armchair: Peter Rose
Grandfather Clock: Robert Poulton
Tom Cat: Robert Poulton
Teapot: Neil Jenkins
Chinese Cup: Tamsin Dives
Fire: Maureen Brathwaite
Nightingale: Maureen Brathwaite
Shepherdess: Elizabeth Rodger
Shepherd: Hyacinth Nicholls
Princess: Carol Smith
Little Old Man: Neil Jenkins
Cat: Lynne Davies
Tree: Peter Rose
Dragonfly: Tamsin Dives
Bat: Menai Davies
Frog: Neil Jenkins
Squirrel: Janice Close
Production Team
Original Producer: Frank Corsaro
Set Designer: Maurice Sendak
Costume Designer: Maurice Sendak
Lighting Designer: Keith Benson
Choreographer: Jenny Weston
Special Effects: Ronald Chase
Revival Producer: Kate Brown