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Le nozze di Figaro, 12 June 1962

The Opera

Venue: Glyndebourne

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte

Conductor: John Pritchard

Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Cast

Figaro: Heinz Blankenburg

Susanna: Mirella Freni

Bartolo: Carlo Cava

Marcellina: Johanna Peters

Cherubino: Maureen Keetch

Don Basilio: Hugues Cuenod

Count Almaviva: Gabriel Bacquier

Countess Almaviva: Leyla Gencer

Antonio: Derick Davies

Don Curzio: John Kentish

Barbarina: Maria Zeri

1st Bridesmaid: Patricia McCarry

Production Team

Set Designer: Oliver Messel

Costume Designer: Oliver Messel

Choreographer: Robert Harrold

Original Producer: Carl Ebert