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Le Nozze Di Figaro, 28 May 1938

The Opera

Venue: Glyndebourne

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte

Conductor: Fritz Busch

Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

Cast

Figaro: Mariano Stabile

Susanna: Audrey Mildmay

Bartolo: Salvatore Baccaloni

Marcellina: Constance Willis

Cherubino: Marita Farell

Count Almaviva: John Brownlee

Don Basilio: Heddle Nash

Countess Almaviva: Aulikki Rautawaara

Antonio: Fergus Dunlop

Don Curzio: Eric Starling

Barbarina: Irene Eisinger

1st Bridesmaid: Barbara Beaumont

Production Team

Original Producer: Carl Ebert

Set Designer: Hamish Wilson

Costume Designer: Ann Litherland

Choreographer: Nelly Hirth