Saturday 26^th February 2011 at 6:30 pm
at St Peter's Church, Mount Park Road, Ealing W5 2RU

Concert No 2041

SUOR ANGELICA and GIANNI SCHICCHI

by
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Libretto by G Forzano

(by arrangement with G Ricordi & Co. London Ltd)

Sung in Italian

SUOR ANGELICA
Lay Sisters		Theda Lehmann, Claire Edwards
Suor Angelica		Tamara Migrina-Ravenhill
A Novice		Sarah Kaldor
Suor Genovieffa		Danae Eleni
Suor Osmina		Theda Lehmann
Suor Dolcina		Danae Eleni
The Abbess		Mona Abboud
The Mistress of Discipline		Dulcie Conway
Mistress of Novices		Mona Abboud
The Infirmary Sister		Jennifer Albon
The Alms Sisters		Pip Kings, Susanna Hogan
The Princess, Angelica's aunt		Oenone Cox
Chorus of sisters, novices and posulants. Additional chorus: Alan Reddish, Giles de la Mare and members of both casts
~ ~ ~ INTERVAL ~ ~ ~
GIANNI SCHICCHI The action takes place in 1299 in Florence
Relatives of Buoso Donati
Zita, called the 'Old Woman', Buoso's cousin		Jo Parton
Simone, Buoso's cousin		Dionysios Kyropoulos
Rinuccio, nephew of Zita		Benjie di Rosario
Marco, Simone's son		Julian Brockless
La Ciesca, Marco's wife		Vivien Price
Gherardo, nephew of Buoso		Alan Mayall
Nella, his wife		Susanna Hogan
Betto di Signa, brother-in-law of Buoso		David Banbury
Gherardino, son of Gherardo and Nella		Halden Wallevik Cooke
Gianni Schicchi, a Tuscan peasant		Carl Murray
Lauretta, his daughter		Robyn Allegra Parton
Maestro Spinelloccio, a doctor		Mike Crowe
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, a notary		Andrew Bale
Pinellino, a cobbler		Mike Drake
Guccio, a painter		Chris Mear
Conductor   Christopher Fifield
Club Orchestra
Répétiteur   Nick Reading
1st violins Peter Wall (leader) Gudrun Edwards Robert Beattie Michael Friess Nicola Garty Ros Groves Simon Groves Violas Fiona Brodie Christina East Laurence McGibben John Denbigh John Morrison Double Bass Jude Baptiste John Craig Gray Dominic Nudd Flutes Katharine Oakeshott Stephen O'Hanlon Cor Anglais Fiona Dyne* Bassoon Suzie Palmer* Jo Rushton Horns Peter Kaldor John Parker* Adrian Rushton Alison Turley* Tuba Martin Humphrey* Tympani John Standing Synthesiser (Glockenspiel, Celesta) Alan Reddish 2nd violins Richard Allan Liz Caines Jennifer Gowman Carole Kaldor John Martin Judith Taylor Byunng-Yun Yu Cellos Helen Braverman Patrick Caines Juliet Solomon Sarah Kaldor John Wigley Libby Wilde Piccolo Lucy Lefanu Oboes Dan Elaon* Nick Murray Clarinets Deborah Smith Barbarah Wylie Bass Clarinet Edward Cook Trumpets Philip Bishop* Frank Burgum* Matthew Patterson Trombones Sue Bogle Sunil Kamath Percussion Tony Summers Harp Cecilia Sultana de Maria

* denotes guest

Organisers:  Jo Parton and Carl Murray

Orchestral organiser:  Peter Kaldor

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