Glyndebourne Festival Opera: history and repertoire, 1952–63
Year
Opera[1]
Composer
Principal cast
Conductor
Director
Designer[2]
1952
Idomeneo
Mozart
Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Léopold Simoneau (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Maria Kinasiewicz (Electra)
John Pritchard
Revival of 1951 production
1952
La Cenerentola
Rossini
Marina de Gabaráin (Cenerentola), Juan Oncina (Ramiro), Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini), Ian Wallace (Don Magnifico)
Vittorio Gui
Carl Ebert
Oliver Messel
1952
Così fan tutte
Mozart
Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi), Anna Pollak (Dorabella), Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Sesto Bruscantini (Guglielmo), Alda Noni (Despina), Dezsö Ernster (Don Alfonso)
Vittorio Gui
Revival of 1948 production
1952
Macbeth
Verdi
Marko Rothmüller (Macbeth), Dorothy Dow (Lady Macbeth), James Johnston (Macduff)