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Le Nozze Di Figaro, 01 September 1947

The Opera

Venue: King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte

Conductor: Walter Susskind

Orchestra: Scottish Orchestra

Cast

Figaro: Italo Tajo

Susanna: Tatiana Menotti

Bartolo: Owen Brannigan

Marcellina: Catherine Lawson

Cherubino: Giulietta Simionato

Count Almaviva: John Brownlee

Don Basilio: Bruce Flegg

Countess Almaviva: Eleanor Steber

Antonio: Ernest Frank

Don Curzio: Gwent Lewis

Barbarina: Barbara Trent

Production Team

Original Producer: Carl Ebert

Set Designer: Hamish Wilson

Costume Designer: Ann Litherland

Choreographer: Ernest Berk