£22.50
Date 07/10/1957
Bristol Hippodrome Theatre – The Barber Of Seville – 1957
An original theatre programme for Rossini’s comic opera The Barber Of Seville at the Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol, dated 7 October 1957.
The cast includes Adrian De Peyer, Josheph Satariano, Frederick Wood, Lydia Conway, Pauline Allen and Edwin Jepps.
Touring opera brought great works to regional audiences across post-war Britain, and programmes like this are an engaging strand of theatre memorabilia.
| Production | The Barber Of Seville |
|---|---|
| Venue | Hippodrome Theatre – Bristol |
| Cast | Adrian De Peyer – Josheph Satariano, Frederick Wood – Lydia Conway, Pauline Allen – Edwin Jepps. |
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Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, slrs
Did you know?
- The Barber of Seville premiered in Rome in 1816 and was famously a failure on its first night before becoming one of the most popular operas ever written.
- Rossini is said to have composed the score in only a few weeks.
- Figaro’s entrance aria Largo al factotum, with its cries of ‘Figaro! Figaro!’, is one of the best-known baritone arias.
SKU: T02690
