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' VINCENZO

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A tragi-comedy by Henry Reed
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon
The music arranged by Denis Stevens from Monteverdi, Grandi, de Wert and other Mantuan composers with April Cantelo (soprano) Desmond Dupre (lute)
Charles Spinks (harpsichord, organ)
The Ambrosian Singers
An Instrumental Ensemble
(led by Neville Marriner ) Directed by Denis Stevens
The time is the late Renaissance in Italy, between the years 1580 and 1612. The scenes are Mantua, Parma, Florence, Venice, Colorno.

Contributors

Comedy By:
Henry Reed
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Arranged By:
Denis Stevens
Soprano:
April Cantelo
Soprano:
Desmond Dupre
Harpsichord:
Charles Spinks
Unknown:
Neville Marriner
Directed By:
Denis Stevens
Vincenzo Gonzaga, Prince of Mantua:
Hugh Burden
The Duke of Mantua, his father:
Newton Blick
The Duchess, Leonora of Austria, his mother:
Mary O'Farrell
Barbara Sanseverino, Countess of Sala:
Margaretta Scott
Ippolita Torelli:
Rachel Gurney
Agnese del Carretto:
Barbara Couper
Adriana Basile:
Marjorie Westbury
Elena:
Molly Lawson
Margherita Farnese, Vincenzo's first wife:
Gwen Cherrell
Ranuccio, her brother: as a boy:
Glyn Dearman
Ranuccio, her brother: as a man:
Derek Hart
Carlo Borromeo:
Neville Hartley
Eleonora de' Medici, Vincenzo's second wife:
Barbara Lott
Francesco de' Medici, Eleonora's father:
Norman Shelley
Bianca Cappello, Francesco's second wife:
Gladys Young
Silvio Gonzaga:
D Bryer
GianfrancescoSanvitale:
Frank Duncan
Mareello Donati:
Robert Marsden
A Florentine Mother:
Cecile Chevreau
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