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Mirella Freni

BBC Radio 3
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Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro is the eighth of nine programmes of operatic performances by the great soprano, presented by Gordon Stewart in conversation with her.
It is a four-act opera to a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Sung in Italian.
CHRISTINA CLARKE (sops)
John Constable (harpsichord) BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis Discs

Contributors

Presented By:
Gordon Stewart
Unknown:
Christina Clarke
Harpsichord:
John Constable
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Susanna:
Mirella Freni (sop)
Figaro:
Wladimiro Ganzarolli (bar)
Count Almaviva:
Ingvar Wixell (bar)
Countess Almaviva:
Jessye Norman (sop)
Cherubino:
Yvonne Minton (mezzo)
Marcellina:
Maria Casula (sop)
Or Bartolo:
Clifford Grant (bass)
Don Basilio:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Don Curzio:
David Lennox (tenor)
Barbarina:
Lillian Watson (sop)
Antonio:
Paul Hudson (bass)
Young girls:
Felicity Palmer
Source: Radio Times

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