LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Opera buffa in four acts in Italian
Liberetto: Lorenzo de Ponte, after Beaumarchais.Premièr at Burgtheater, Vienna – 1 May 1786
22† August 1963
Glyndebourne Opera, Glyndebourne
GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA FESTIVAL
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Festival ChorusConductor: Silvio Varviso
Chorus master: Myer Fredman
Stage director: Carl Ebert (1955)
Revival producer: Peter EbertScene and costumes: Oliver Messel
Choreographer: Robert Harrold
Count Almaviva MICHAEL ROUX baritone
Figaro his valet HEINZ BLAKENBURG baritoneDoctor Bartolo CARLO CAVA bass
Don Basilio a music-master HUGUES CUENOD tenor
Cherubino a page EDITH MATHIS soprano
Antonio a gardener DERICK DAVIES bass
Don Curizo counsellor at law JOHN KENTISH tenor
Countess Almaviva LEYLA GENCER soprano
Susanna her personal maid LILIANE BERTON soprano
Marcellina a duenna ROSA LANGHEZZA soprano
Barbarina Antonio’s niece MARIA ZERI soprano
Bridesmaid AUDREY ATTWOOD
Harpsichord Martin Iseppe
Time: Eighteenth Century
Place: The Count’s chateau of Aguas Frescas, near Seville† Recording date
Note: Special television performance for BBC before an invited audience.
Recorded on 22
August and broadcasted on 29 August by BBC sent on Eurovision and also
broadcast in Germany and Ireland
EVENING NEWS & STAR
1963.08.29
