Event |
The Barber of Seville
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Venue |
Kyneton Town Hall, Kyneton, VIC |
Umbrella Event |
Victorian Tour |
First Date |
5 March 1959 |
Last Date |
5 March 1959 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
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
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Description Source |
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Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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Secondary Genre |
Opera
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Related Events |
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
Name |
Function |
Notes |
Ella Banner
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Actor and Singer
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Marcellina, Rosina's governess
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Brian Curran
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Actor and Singer
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Fiorello servant to the Count, and Officer
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James Doone
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Actor and Singer
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Ambrosius, servant to the Doctor, and Notary
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Józef Drewniak
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Actor and Singer
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Second Soldier, also Basilio
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John Germain
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Actor and Singer
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Figaro, a barber
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Rosalind Keene
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Actor and Singer
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Rosina, the Doctor's Ward
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Alan Light
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Actor and Singer
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Basilio, a singing teacher
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Murray Mardardy
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Actor and Singer
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Third Soldier
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Leo McKernan
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Actor and Singer
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First Soldier
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Janne Ross
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Actor and Singer
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also Rosina and Wardrobe mistress
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Neil Warren-Smith
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Actor and Singer
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Doctor Bartolo, Rosina's guardian
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Donald Smith
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Actor-Manager
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Count Almaviva
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Gioacchino Rossini
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Composer
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Stan de Telega
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Costume Designer
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Colin Robert Badger
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Director
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Council of Education
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Stefan Haag
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Director
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William Bolton
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Electrician
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Kenneth Payne
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Mechanist
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Georg Tintner
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Musical Director
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Conductor
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George Humphrey
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Musician
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Continuo
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William Thompson
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Producer, Assistant
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Ronald McDonald
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Properties Master / Mistress
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G R O'Dwyer
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Publicist
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and Advance Manager
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John Northcote
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Set Designer
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Paul Maloney
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Stage Director
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James Doone
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Stage Manager
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Cyril J Holden
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Tour Manager
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Resources |
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Article:  Giant New Mobile Theatre, The Age, 7 February 1959, 5
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Article:  To Tour in the Barber, The Age, 31 January 1959, 7
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Book:  Frank Salter, Neil Warren-Smith, 25 Years of Australian Opera/ Neil Warren-Smith with Frank Salter, 1983
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Book:  Tanya Buchdahl Tintner, Out of Time: the Vexed Life of Georg Tintner, 2011
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Programme:  The Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, The Barber of Seville Victorian Tour, 1959
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Italy
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
A tour of 28 towns (26 in Victoria and 2 in South Australia) for a total of 48 performances. Accompaniment: piano flute and string quartet.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
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Description |
Programme |
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Event Identifier
| 153262 |
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