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Glyndebourne Opera ' LE NOZZE DI FIGARO '

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Opera in four acts
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Music by Mozart
(sung in the original Italian)
Cast in order of singing:
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
(Chorus-Master. John Pritchard )
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum ) Conducted by Fritz Busch
(who also plays the harpsichord continuo) Produced by Cart Ebert
From Glyndebourne
Act 1: The palace of Count Almaviva
Act 2: The Countess' boudoir

Contributors

Unknown:
John Pritchard
Leader:
David McCallum
Conducted By:
Fritz Busch
Produced By:
Carl Ebert
Figaro, the Count's servant:
Alois Pernerstorfer
Susanna, the Countess' maid:
Genevieve Warner
Doctor Bartolo:
Owen Brannigan
Marcellina, his former housekeeper:
Janet Howe
Cherubino page to the Count:
Dorothy MacNeil
Count Almaviva:
Alfred Poell
Don Basilica music teacher:
Alexander Young
Countess Almaviva:
Lisa Della Casa
Antonio, a gardener:
Dennis Wicks
Don Curzio, a lawyer:
Leslie Fyson
Barbarina, Antonio's daughter and Susanna's cousin:
April Cantelo

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