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('La Cenerentola')
Rossini's comic opera
English version by Arthur Jacobs.
Adapted for television and produced by George R. Foa.
Narration written by Douglas Craig.

The action of the opera takes place in Italy during the year 1817.

Glyndebourne Opera Chorus and a section of the London Symphony Orchestra
(Led by William Armon)
Conducted by Leo Quayle

(Previously televised last Thursday)
(Howell Glynne appears by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

Contributors

Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
English version:
Arthur Jacobs
Adapted by/Producer:
George R. Foa
Narration written by:
Douglas Craig
Singers:
Glyndebourne Opera Chorus
Musicians:
A section of the London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
William Armon
Conductor:
Leo Quayle
Additional settings:
Richard Greenough
Don Ramiro, Prince of Salerno:
Murray Dickie
Dandini, his valet:
Edmund Donlevy
Don Magnifico, Baron Hardup:
Howell Glynne
Clorinda, his eldest daughter:
Maureen Springer
Thisbe, her sister:
Josephine Veasey
Cinderella, their step-sister:
Gertrude Holt
Alidoro, the Prince's tutor:
Arnold Matters
A groom:
James Cairncross
A court dressmaker:
Anna Canitano
Source: Radio Times

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