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- 1973 (Creation)
- 1948 (Publication)
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1 vocal score (364 pages) + 5 pages of textual records
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File consists of an annotated score with reviews of a Canadian Opera Company (COC) performance at the Shaw Festival Theatre in the St. Catherines Standard (December 10, 1973) and the rehearsal schedule for the COC's 1973-1974 tour. Rehearsals took place in the MacMillan Theatre. The production was directed by Herman Geiger-Torel.
Performers (Cast A): Peter Milne as Don Alfonso ; Garnet Brooks as Ferrando ; Peter Barcza as Guglielmo ; Barbara Collier as Fiordiligi ; Carrol Anne Currey as Dorabella ; and Ann Cooper as Despina.
Performers (Cast B): Dagger ; Kathleen Ruddell ; [Janis] Orenstein ; John Arab ; Ronald Bermingham ; Jan Rubes.
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- Italian
- English
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International Music Company, 1948. Pl.no.1051
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Herman Geiger-Torel also directed a COC production of this opera in February 1953 with Nicholas Goldschmidt, conductor; Hans Berends and Elizabeth Wiles-Chitty, set designer; and Suzanne Mess, costume designer, and in March 1973 with John Fenwick and Errol Gay, conductors; George Schlögl, set designer; and Andra Grainer, costume designer.
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- Rubes, Jan (Subject)
- Gay, Ann Cooper (Subject)
- Goldschmidt, Nicholas (Subject)
- Gay, Errol (Subject)