Welsh National OPERk Madam Butterfly Puccin i in English M ag d a le n a Fa le w ic z , Phyllis C a n n a n . R ita Cu llis . JohnTreleaven/M ark Ham ilto n, John Harris, Henry Newman, Ju lia n Moyle, Geoffrey Moses Conductor: Guido Ajm one-M arsan/Julian Sm ith , Probucer.- Jo a ch im Herz, Designers: Reinhart Zim merm ann &Eleonore Kleib er New production sponsored by National Westminster Bank CARDIFF NEW THEATRE 1,3,9,11 November OXFORD NEW THEATRE 3 0 November, 2 D e cem b e r

1 4 March

BIRMINGHAM

5 , 7 December

LIVERPOOL EMPIRE 1 4 November

HIPPODROME 2 3 M a rch

Billy Budd Britten in English Nigel Douglas, Russell Smythe/Thomas A lle n , Forbes Robinson, Ju lia n Moyle, David Gwynne, Geoffrey Moses, Frank O le gario Conductor R ich ard Armstrong, Producer: M ich ae l G e lio t , Designer: Roger Butlin CARDIFF NEW THEATRE 2 November OXFORD NEW THEATRE 25,29 N o vem b e r LIVERPOOL EMPIRE 1 6 November

The Barber of Seville Rossini in English- Beverley Humphreys. M enai Davies. Ryland Davies. Russell Smythe, Ju lia n Moyle, Geoffrey Moses Conductor: Anthony Hose, Producer: W illia m G a sk ill, D esig ner: William Dudley CARDIFF NEW THEATRE 4 & 7 November LIVERPOOL EMPIRE 1 5 November OXFORD NEW THEATRE 2 2 & 2 4 November

Don Carlos Verdi in English Suzanne Murphy, Ja n e t Coster, Kenneth Co llin s . Thomas A llen /Terence Sharpe. Stafford D ean , D av id GwynneConducto r: R ich ard Armstrong (e xcep t 8 D e c ) . Production stag ed by Jo nath an C lift . D esig ner: A nnena â– StubbsCARDIFF NEW THEATRE 8,10 November OXFORD NEW THEATRE 2 1 . 2 3 N o vem b e r LIVERPOOL EMPIRE 1 8 N o vem ber BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME 6 . 8 D e cem b e r

The Midsummer Marriage T ippett in English Fe lic ity Lott. Mary Davies. Anne Co ll in s; John T re le aven , Arthur Davies, Roim und Herincx. Conductor: R ich ard Armstrong, Producer: Ian Watt-Smith, Designers: Ralp h Koltai & Annena Stubbs OXFORD NEW THEATRE 1 D e cem ber CARDIFF NEW THEATRE 2 7 February BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME 9 December

NEW PRODUCTIONS SPRING 1979 The Turn of the Screw Britten in English Felicity Lott, R ita Cu llis . Arthur Davies ' Condcutor: Anthony Hose. Producer: Adrian S la ck , Designer: David F ie ld in g CARDIFF SHERMAN THEATRE 12,13 January CARDIFF NEW THEATRE 2.15 M a rch MOLD THEATR CLWYD 2 4,26 January BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME 2 2 M a rch

The Magic Flute Mozart in English Suzanne Murphy/M argaret Haggart, JohnTreleaven/Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Russell Smythe, David Gwynne/Stafford Dean Conductor: Gyprgy F isch er, Producer: Goran Jd rve fe lt, Designer: Karl Fried rich O berle MOLD THEATR CLWYD 20,22.25 January CARDIFF NEW THEATRE 1.3,5,16 M a rch LEICESTER HAYMARKET THEATRE 2 2 , 2 3 February BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME 2 1 M a rch

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