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Cavalleria Rusticana

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By Pietro Mascagni
Libretto by G. Targioni-Tozzetti & G Mensasci, after a story by G. Verga.
English translation by Tom Hammond
By arrangement with Warner/Chappell Music Limited administered by Boosey & Hawkes.

Learn more about Cavelleria Rusticana: Wikipedia Entry

Trial by Jury

By W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan

Learn more about Trial by Jury:
Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
Wikipedia Entry

Director: Tony Ayres

Musical Director: Derek Beck

Show Dates

Tuesday 10 to Saturday 14 November 2009
Theatre Royal, Winchester
Box Office: 01962 840440

Information

Administrative Information:
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Cavalleria Rusticana - Principal Roles

Santuzza, a peasant girl Kate Freemantle

Turiddu, a young villager Tony Reid

Lucia, Turiddu's mother Penny Bullough

Alfio, a carter Peter Barber

Lola, Alfio's wife Carole Lilly

Trial by Jury - Principal Roles

(NB All Trial principals are in the chorus for Cav)

The Learned Judge Adrian Hickford

The Plaintiff Georgina Bottriell

The Defendant Peter Revis

Counsel for the Plaintiff James Fitzgerald

Usher Clive Hilton

Foreman of the Jury Hamish McDonald

Chorus

Sopranos

Sue Aiken Debbie Cleary Anne McDonald Noeline Ormerod Heather Reid Lois Price Fredrica Teale Mary Twomey

Altos

Gill Beck Anne Croudass Jan Gwynne Howell Talia Hedstrom Annette Hilton Louise Hodson Grace Honeysett Pamela Jones Nicola Moore Liz Petley Jones Gill Russell Claire Smith Joyce Smith Fran Stirrup

Tenors

Graham Light Chris Milne Colin Paice

Basses

Stephen Gleed Bob Jones Alan Matheson

 

Invited Charity Collection

Wells for India logo'Wells for India, a Winchester based charity working to bring water and dignity to the poorest people of Rajasthan, have been invited to make a collection at performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Trial by Jury'

For more information about the work of Wells for India telephone: 01962 848043 or visit their website www.wellsforindia.org