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L’incoronazione di Poppea, 29 July 1963
The Opera
Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Librettist: Gian Francesco Busenello
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Amor: Annon Lee Silver
Ottone: Walter Alberti
First Soldier: Dennis Brandt
Second Soldier: Gerald English
Poppea: Magda Laszlo
Nerone: Richard Lewis
Arnalta: Jean Allister
Ottavia: Frances Bible
Seneca: Carlo Cava
Valetto: Duncan Robertson
Drusilla: Lydia Marimpietri
Pallade: Elizabeth Bainbridge
Damigella: Soo-Bee Lee
Liberto: John Shirley-Quirk
Lucano: Hugues Cuenod
Lictor: Dennis Wicks
The Emperor's Fool: Robert Harrold
Production Team
Original Producer: Gunther Rennert
The Opera
Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Librettist: Gian Francesco Busenello
Conductor: John Pritchard
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Amor: Annon Lee Silver
Ottone: Walter Alberti
First Soldier: Dennis Brandt
Second Soldier: Gerald English
Poppea: Magda Laszlo
Nerone: Richard Lewis
Arnalta: Jean Allister
Ottavia: Frances Bible
Seneca: Carlo Cava
Valetto: Duncan Robertson
Drusilla: Lydia Marimpietri
Pallade: Elizabeth Bainbridge
Damigella: Soo-Bee Lee
Liberto: John Shirley-Quirk
Lucano: Hugues Cuenod
Lictor: Dennis Wicks
The Emperor's Fool: Robert Harrold
Production Team
Original Producer: Gunther Rennert