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Falstaff, 31 July 1957

The Opera

Venue: Glyndebourne

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Librettist: Arrigo Boito

Conductor: Vittorio Gui

Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Cast

Sir John Falstaff: Geraint Evans

Pistol: Hervey Alan

Bardolph: John Lewis

Dr Caius: Hugues Cuenod

Mrs Meg Page: Fernanda Cadoni

Mrs Alice Ford: Orietta Moscucci

Ann Ford (Nannetta): Antonietta Pastori

Mistress Quickly: Oralia Dominguez

Ford: Antonio Boyer

Fenton: Juan Oncina

Innkeeper: Harold Williams

Production Team

Original Producer: Carl Ebert

Set Designer: Osbert Lancaster

Costume Designer: Osbert Lancaster

Choreographer: David Ellis