Composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Librettist

Lorenzo da Ponte after Beaumarchais

Venue and Dates

Hamburg State Opera

(First night was 6 October 1987, but without SK)

29 November 1987; 7 January, 25 May, 2, 11, 15, 27, June 1988

Conductor

Peter Ernst Lassen (29 November; 27 June)

Marie-Jeanne Dufour (7 January)

Peter Ernst Lassen (25 May)

Klauspeter Seibel (2, 11 June)

Marie-Jeanne Dufour (15 June)
 

Production:

Stage design: Costumes:

Peter Ustinov

Heinz Bruno Gallee

Carola Popodi

Performers

Il Conte di Almaviva : Simon Keenlyside

Contessa : Deborah Massell (29 November); Linda Plech (all except 29 November and 2 June); Csilla Zentai (2 June, in place of Linda Plech who was ill)

Susanna : Linda Plech (29 November); Teresa Ringholz (11, 15 June); Deborah Massell (7 January, 25 May, 2, 27 June)

Figaro : Ralph Houston (All except 27 June); Francesco Facini (27 June)

Cherubino : Christina Högman (29 November, 25 May, 2, 27 June); Renate Spingler (7 January, 11, 15 June)

Marcellina : Eva Maria Tersson

Bartolo : Janusz Niziolek (29 November, 7 January, 25 May, 27 June); Dieter Weller (2, 11, 15 June)

Basilio : Peter Galliard

Don Curzio : Seiji Makino

Antonio : Carl Schultz

Barbarina : Hanne Krogen (all except 15 June); Gertrud Hoffstedt (15 June)

Due Contadine : Christina Högman (7 January) Gertrud Hoffstedt (29 November, 7 January, 25 May, 2, 11, 27 June), Heike Limmer (15, 27 June), Ing-Britt Andersson (29 November, 25 May, 2, 11, 15 June)

This was SK’s debut on the international stage