Welsh National

OPER~ SPRING AND SUMMER 1987

CARDIFF NEW THEATRE

LIVERPOOL EMPIRE THEATRE

27 February-14 March & 2-23 May

17-21 March

BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME

24-28 March & 23-27 June

OXFORD APOLLO THEATRE

31 March-4 April

SOUTHAMPTON MAYFLOWER THEATRE 7- 11 April BRISTOL HIPPODROME 14- 18 A p r i l & 30 Ju ne-4 July MOLD THEATR CLWYD 2-6 June SWANSEA GRAND THEATRE 9-13 June Repertoire includes

The Trojans

Berlioz Sung in English

New Production

Anne Evans. Della Jones. Penelope Walker, Deborah Stuart-Roberts, Jeffrey Lawton, Peter Bronder. Timothy German. Phillip Joll, Mark Holland,

Peter Rose. Stephen Richardson. Sean Rea . Lucy

Burge

Sponsored by

IBM United Kingdom Trust --- -

A co-production with Opera North and Scottish Opera

Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras/Andrew

Greenwood, Producer : Tim Albery, Designers : Tom

Cairns and Antony McDonald

Un Bello . Christine Teare, Andrea Bolton. Anne Collins .

1n Frede ri ck Donaldson. Luis Giron May, Peter Rose.

Maschera

Verdi Sung in Italian

William Mackie, Gareth Rhys-Davies Conductor : Martin Andre. Producer : Goran

Jarvefelt, Designer: Carl Friedrich Oberle

The Barber of Seville

Rossini Sung in English

Deborah Stuart-Roberts/Della Jones. Sara h Rhodes. Barry Banks, Mark Holland, Claude Corbeil/James

Miller-Coburn , William Mackie Conductor: Gy0rgy Fischer, Prod ucer: Giles

Havergal, Designer: Russell Craig

A co-production with Vancouver Opera and Opera North

La Boheme

Puccini Sung in Italian

Anne Williams -K ing /Ja ne Leslie MacKenzie, Marilyn Hill-Smith/Eliza beth Collier, Dennis O'Neill/Peter Bronder, Henry Newman/ Phillip Joll, Peter

Savidge/Mark Holland, Matthew Best/ Peter Rose Conductor : Si r Charles Mackerras/J ulian Smith, Producer : Goran Jarvefelt, Designer: Michael Yeargan

The Marriage

Elaine Woods. Anne Dawson, Christine Teare. Robert Hayward. Donald Maxwell of Figaro Conductor. Sir Charles MackerraslAnthony Negus. Producer Giles Havergal. Designer Sue Blane Mozart Sung in Italian New Production

Carmen

Anne Williams -Ki ng, Deborah Stuart-Roberts. Jeffrey Lawton, Nicholas Folwell, David Gwynne

Bizet Sung in English Production sponsored Conductor : Andrew Greenwood, Producer : Lucian by The Friends of Welsh National Opera Pintilie, Designers: Radu and Miruna Boruzescu

Full details from the Marketing Department, Welsh National Opera. John Street. Cardiff CF1 4SP ~ Cardiff (0222/ 464666