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'THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO '

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Acts 1 and 2 of Mozart's opera, in an English translation by Edward J. Dent. Sadler's Wells Opera Company. Conductor Laurance Collingwood. Produced by Kurt Jooss
Scene : The Count's Castle near Seville
From the Theatre Royal, York
During the interval at 2.40 app., Desmond Shawe-Taylor talks about the music of the second act

Contributors

Translation By:
Edward J. Dent.
Conductor:
Laurance Collingwood.
Produced By:
Kurt Jooss
Talks:
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Figaro:
Edmund Donlevy
Susanna:
Rose Hill
Doctor Bartolo:
Owen Brannigan
Marcellina:
Edith Coates
Cherubino:
Minnie Bower
Count Almaviva:
John Hargreaves
Don Basilio:
Morgan Jones
Countess Almaviva:
Elisabeth Abercrombie
Antonio:
Gilbert Bailey
Source: Radio Times

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