Title: Orpheus and Eurydice
Date: Thursday 19th April 1984, Evening
Type: Opera
Company: Opera North
Location: Theatre Royal, Norwich, England
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Librettist: Ranieri de’ Calzabigi, adapted and translated into English by Andrew Porter
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
Collection Number: 2402_1984_01

Cast

Orpheus: Felicity Palmer
Eurydice: Patricia Rozario
Amor: Cathryn Pope
A Blessed Spirit: Susan McCulloch
Nymphs, Shepherds, Furies and Spectres of Hades, Heroes and Heroines of Elysium: Chorus

Chorus

Sopranos:
Sian Anthony
Ceris Deverill
Alison Jack
Susan McCulloch
Jillian Mascall
Angela Sorrigan
Gladwyn Taylor
Pauline Thilborn
Elizabeth Woollett

Mezzo-Sopranos:
Vivienne Bailey
Valerie Baulard
Sally Daley
Sandra Francis
Ruth Gleave
Susan Lees
Margaret McDonald
Shirley Thomas

Tenors:
Peter Bodenham
David Bourdon
Stephen Briggs
Brian Cookson
Peter Field
Trefor Glenn
Philip Mills
Douglas Richards
Paul Wade

Basses:
Galloway Bell
Keith Brookes
Bruce Budd
Adrian Clarke
Stephen Dowson
John Gilbert
Ronald Leishman
Mark Lufton
David Owen-Lewis
James Thornton

Orchestra

First Violins:
David Greed (Leader)
Peter Maslin
Alison McAlister
Fiona Love
Kenneth Mitchell
Mary Huby
Michael Ardron
Stephen Shulman
Jayne Walker
Anthony Moran

Second Violins:
Christopher Clift
Paul Udloff
Jane Tunley
Catherine Cooper
Wendy Dyson
Dorothy Whitford
Julian Clayton
Rupert Scott

Violas:
Howard Breakspear
Ronald Willoughby
Ian Killik
Diana Hall
Ian Davies
Catherine Musker

Cellos:
Antonia Wickham
George Kennaway
Jean Wilkens
Andrew Fairley
Keith Glossop

Basses:
Paul Miller
Philip Cooper
Cindy Bulteel

Flutes:
Sarah Brooke
David Moseley

Piccolo:
Elisabeth Parry

Oboes:
Edward Kay
Karen O’Connor (Cor Anglais)
Simon Beesley

Clarinets:
Kevin Banks
Howard Rogerson

Bass Clarinet:
Colin Pownall

Bassoons:
Julian Roberts
Geoffrey Colmer

Contrabassoon:
Nicholas Lander

Horns:
Robert Ashworth
Alison Jenkins
Angus West
Paul Kampen

Trumpets:
Peter Turnbull (Cornet)
Michael Woodhead
Colin Casson

Trombones:
Christopher Houlding
Robert Burtenshaw

Bass Trombone:
Ian S. Davies

Tuba:
Brian Kingsley

Timpani:
John Anderson

Percussion:
Janine Swinhoe
Christopher Bradley
Michael Blakey
Richard Parmigiani
Ray Payne

Harp:
Frank Sternefeld

Crew

For Orpheus and Eurydice

Producer: Philip Prowse
Designer: Philip Prowse
Choreographer: Imogen Claire
Lighting Designer: Gerry Jenkinson
Staff Producer: David Gann
Répétiteur and Harpsichord Continuo: John Querns
Production Manager: Paul MacKay
Costumer Supervisor: Janet Mayo
Scenery Constructors: Bert Richman Ltd.
Scenery Painter: Karen McCallum
Production Carpenters: Timothy O’Keefe, Frank Richman

For Opera North

Artistic Director: David Lloyd-Jones
General Administrator: Nicholas Payne
Assistant Music Director: Clive Timms
Assistant General Administrator: Roger Taylor
PA to the Administrative Director: Alice Dugdale
Chorus Master: John Pryce-Jones
Music Staff: Michael Cleaver, Roy Laughlin, Gerald Moore, John Querns
Orchestra & Concerts Manager: Ian Killik
Chorus Manager: Bruce Budd
Concerts & Auditions Secretary: Hazel McGill
Orchestral Librarian: Andrew Fairley
Vocal Librarian: Adrian Clarke
Staff Producers: David Gann, Vernon Mound, Andrew Wickes
Technical Director: Mike Roberts
Technical Manager: Edward de Pledge
Technical Coordinator: Frances Harmer
Senior Stage Manager: Isabella Metzner
Deputy Stage Managers: Jane Bonner, Jonathan Wood
Assistant Stage Managers: David Buntin, Judith Morgan
Master Carpenter: Raymond Hain
Assistant Carpenter: Charles Farrant
Wingsmen: David Morris, Steven Wilson
Stage Daymen: John Leggett, Anthony Miller, Charles Tomlinson
Draughtsman: Philip Barker
Chief Electrician: David Cunningham
Deputy Chief Electrician: Alice Cartwright
Production Electrician: Roderick Birtles, Janet Hargreaves, Gail Sprowell
Property Mistress: Julia Piggott
Property Assistants: Deborah Saban, Flora Stoneman
Wardrobe Mistress: Pauline Ingram
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress: Violet Hendrickson
Production Wardrobe Mistress: Lesley Staves
Wardrobe Assistants: Julia Cooper, Kirsty McLeod, Stephen Rodwell, Sheila Thewlis
Wig Mistress: Anne Smith
Wig Assistant: Pam Orange
Controller of Planning: Christine Jane Chibnall
Company Manager: Genevieve Pearson
Administrative Secretary: June Herrera
Receptionist/Secretary: David Albone
Financial Administrator: Paul Richardson
Finance Assistants: Kathryn Little, Sandra Lloyd
Press & Publicity Officer: Norma Barclay
Publicity Assistants: Catherine Quick, Katie Tearle
Publications Editor: Mark Pappenheim

For the Theatre Royal

House Manager: Stanley C. Fuller
General Manager: Dick Condon
Stage Manager: Jack Bowhill
Chief Electrician: Billy Vann
Assistant Electrician: Ian Greeves
Assistant Stage Manager: Arthur Hoare
Sound Technician: Chris Woodley
Stage Security: Cyril Brown

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