AusStage

Event

The Barber of Seville

Venue

Kyneton Town Hall, Kyneton, VIC

Umbrella Event

Victorian Tour

First Date

5 March 1959

Last Date

5 March 1959

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Part of a Tour

Yes

Description

A Comic Opera in two parts

Scene: The action of the opera takes place outside and within Dr Bartolo's house in Seville.

Time: The eighteenth century

Description Source

Programme

Primary Genre

Music Theatre

Secondary Genre

Opera

Related Events

Is part of tour The Barber of Seville , Victoria , VIC, 9 February 1959

Organisations

The Council of Adult Education, Presenting Company
The Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, Production Company
The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Other

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Ella Banner	Actor and Singer	Marcellina, Rosina's governess
Brian Curran	Actor and Singer	Fiorello servant to the Count, and Officer
James Doone	Actor and Singer	Ambrosius, servant to the Doctor, and Notary
Józef Drewniak	Actor and Singer	Second Soldier, also Basilio
John Germain	Actor and Singer	Figaro, a barber
Rosalind Keene	Actor and Singer	Rosina, the Doctor's Ward
Alan Light	Actor and Singer	Basilio, a singing teacher
Murray Mardardy	Actor and Singer	Third Soldier
Leo McKernan	Actor and Singer	First Soldier
Janne Ross	Actor and Singer	also Rosina and Wardrobe mistress
Neil Warren-Smith	Actor and Singer	Doctor Bartolo, Rosina's guardian
Donald Smith	Actor-Manager	Count Almaviva
Gioacchino Rossini	Composer
Stan de Telega	Costume Designer
Colin Robert Badger	Director	Council of Education
Stefan Haag	Director
William Bolton	Electrician
Kenneth Payne	Mechanist
Georg Tintner	Musical Director	Conductor
George Humphrey	Musician	Continuo
William Thompson	Producer, Assistant
Ronald McDonald	Properties Master / Mistress
G R O'Dwyer	Publicist	and Advance Manager
John Northcote	Set Designer
Paul Maloney	Stage Director
James Doone	Stage Manager
Cyril J Holden	Tour Manager