Title: The Italian Girl in Algiers/A Masked Ball
Date: Monday 19th November 1984-Saturday 23rd March 1985
Type: Opera
Company: Opera 80
Location: UK Tour (see locations in Notes section below)
Composer: Gioacchino Rossi (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Giuseppe Verdi (A Masked Ball)
Librettist: Angelo Anelli (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Antonio Somma (A Masked Ball)
Conductor: David Parry, Jonathan Butcher (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Stephen Barlow, John Lubbock (A Masked Ball)
Collection Folder: Folder 30

Cast

The Italian Girl in Algiers

Isabella: Janine Roebuck
Taddeo: Adrian Clarke
Lindoro: Brian Parsons, Stuart Patterson (February 2nd & 21st)
Mustafa: Phillip Guy-Bromley
Elvira: Maria Bovino
Zulma: Susan Bisatt
Haly: Paul Parfitt
Mustafa’s Guards and Italian Captives: Christopher Lackner, Denis Nelson, Stuart Patterson, Christopher Thornton-Holmes, Neville Williams
Ladies of Mustafa’s Harem: Susan Bickley, Philippa Dames-Longworth, Rosa Mannion

A Masked Ball

The Governor of Boston, Massachusetts: Neville Williams
Oscar: Rosa Mannion
Renato: Christopher Thornton-Holmes
Amelia: Philippa Dames-Longworth
Sam: Denis Nelson
Tom: Christopher Lackner
Ulrica: Susan Bickley
Chief Justice of Massachusetts: Stuart Patterson
Silvano: Paul Parfitt
Chorus: Susan Bisatt, Maria Bovino, Janine Roebuck, Adrian Clarke, Phillip Guy-Bromley, Brian Parsons

Orchestra

First Violins:
Rachel Isserlis (Leader)
Jackie Shave
Cathy Ford
Miranda Wilson
Jennifer Thorn
Wendy Dyson
Elizabeth Reed

Second Violins:
Margaret Faultless
Rosamund Podger
Jeremy Metcalfe
Fiona Higham
Sarah Drury

Violas:
Simon Rawson
Brigitte Crouch
Rebecca Wade
Wendy Young

Cellos:
Christine Jackson
Deborah Thorne
Robert Hoppe
Anne Baker

Double Bass:
Lynda Houghton
Adam Precious

Flutes:
Richard Blake
Luke Strevens
Judith Treggor

Oboes:
Victoria Wood
Josephine Lively
Caroline Marwood

Clarinets:
Peter Thompson
Julia Holmes
Stephen Pierce

Bassoons:
Mike Cole
Sebastian New
Julian Kershaw

Horns:
Kevin Abbott
Tim Caistor
Mark Johnson

Trumpets:
Peter Wright
John Shaddock
Peter Cameron

Percussion:
Peter Hamburger

Harp:
Angela Moore
Louise Martin

Crew

For The Italian Girl in Algiers

Translator: David Parry
Director: Robert Carsen
Assistant Director: Patrick Young
Set Designer: Richard Bullwinkle
Costume Designer: Christopher Cowell
Costume Design Assistant: Mary Terry
Lighting Designer: Tim Ball
Chief Répétiteur: Helen Crayford
Movement Adviser: Sheila Falconer

Scenery Making: Ken Marples
Scenery Painting: Chris Clarke
Properties: Neil Harvey
Curtain Making: Sally Anne Adams
Costume Making: Rose Chandler, Christina Persin, Sophie Yauner

For A Masked Ball

Translator: Leonard Hancock
Director: Declan Donnellan
Assistant Director: Aidan Lang
Designer: Nick Ormerod
Assistant Costume Designer: Christopher MarlowE
Lighting Designer: Paul Hastie
Chief Répétiteur: Stephen Westrop
Choreographer: Sarah van Beers

Scenery Making: Ken Marples
Scenery Painting: Stephanie Fisher
Masks and Properties Making: Neil Harvey
Costume Making: Keith Bish, Michael Kennedy
Makeup Design: Rosemary Swinfield

For Opera 80

Chairman: Jack Phipps
Board of Directors: Noelle Barker, John Cox, John Dobson, J.W. Lambert, John Moody, Michael B. Rubinstein, Robert Scott, Lady Solti

Musical Director: David Parry
Administrator: Clare Foden
Répétiteurs: Helen Crayford, Jonathan Dove, Stephen Westrop
Orchestral Manager: Peter Thompson

Company Manager: Rita Guenigault
Production and Stage Manager: Dave Locker
Deputy Stage Manager: Laura Deards
Assistant Stage Managers: Caroline Dunn, Adrian Quinn
Technical Manager: Tony Holmes
Chief Electrician: Hugh Vanstone
Assistant Electrician: Johanna Town
Wardrobe Mistress: Irene Godfrey
Wigs and Makeup: Tracey Windebank

Publicity and Marketing Officer: Barbara Matthews
Publicity Assistant: Sarah Evans
Education Projects Coordinator: Rebecca Meitlis

Notes

List of Tour Venues:

Monday 19th-Wednesday 21st November 1984: Civic Theatre, Darlington, England
Friday 23rd-Saturday 24th November 1984: Buxton Opera House, England
Monday 26th-Tuesday 27th November 1984: Civic Hall, Barrow-in-Furness, England
Thursday 29th November-Saturday 1st December 1984: Grand Theatre, Blackpool, England
Monday 3rd-Wednesday 5th December 1984: Civic Theatre, Scunthorpe, England
Friday 7th-Saturday 8th December 1984: Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, England
Monday 10th-Wednesday 12th December 1984: Wyvern Theatre, Swindown, England
Friday 14th-Saturday 15th December 1984: Festival Theatre Malvern, England
Monday 29th-Tuesday 30th January 1985: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, England
Thursday 31st January-Saturday 2nd February 1985: Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England
Monday 4th-Tuesday 5th February 1985: Civic Centre, Aylesbury, England
Thursday 7th-Saturday 9th February 1985: Theatre Royal, Lincoln, England
Monday 11th-Tuesday 12th February 1985: Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds, England
Thursday 14th-Saturday 16th February 1985: Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England
Monday 18th-Tuesday 19th February 1985: The Cresset, Peterborough, England
Thursday 21st-Saturday 23rd February 1985: Weston-super-Mare Playhouse, England
Monday 25th-Tuesday 26th February 1985: Queen’s Hall Theatre, Barnstaple, England
Thursday 28th February-Saturday 2nd March 1985: Northcott Theatre, Exeter, England
Monday 4th-Tuesday 5th March 1985: Festival Theatre, Paignton, England
Thursday 7th-Friday 9th March 1985: Poole Arts Centre, England
Tuesday 12th-Saturday 16th March 1985: Theatre Royal, Bath, England
Tuesday 19th-Saturday 23rd March 1985: Theatre Royal, Brighton, England

A written date on the front of the programme notes the original owner attended performances at the Pomegranate Theatre in Chesterfield