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' LA CANTERINA'

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('The Songstress')
Opera buffa in one act
Librettist unknown
English version by David Harris
Music by Haydn
The action takes place in the Villa Zuffoli,. rented and furnished by Don Pelagio for Gasparina and her parents
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
Conducted by John Pritchard Winifred Davey (harpsichord)
Both operas produced by Geoffrey Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
David Harris
Music By:
Haydn
Conducted By:
John Pritchard
Harpsichord:
Winifred Davey
Produced By:
Geoffrey Dunn
Gasparina, the songstress:
Laelia Finneberg
Apollonia, her mother:
Elsie Boardman
Don Ettore a youth, fascinated by Gasparina:
Anna Pollak
Don Pelagio, a professor of singing, Gasparina's patron The bailiffs (silent characters):
Rene Soames
Source: Radio Times

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