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Le Nozze Di Figaro, 29 June 1951

The Opera

Venue: Glyndebourne

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte

Conductor: Fritz Busch

Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Cast

Figaro: Alois Pernerstorfer

Susanna: Genevieve Warner

Bartolo: Owen Brannigan

Marcellina: Janet Howe

Cherubino: Dorothy MacNeil

Count Almaviva: Alfred Poell

Don Basilio: Alexander Young

Countess Almaviva: Lisa Della Casa

Antonio: Dennis Wicks

Don Curzio: Leslie Fyson

Barbarina: April Cantelo

Production Team

Original Producer: Carl Ebert

Staff Director: Peter Ebert

Set Designer: Hutchinson Scott

Costume Designer: Rolf Gerard

Choreographer: Sigurd Leeder