Le Nozze di Figaro

This was SK’s debut on the international stage

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)
Stage design: Peter Ustinov, Heinz Bruno Gallee
Costumes: 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 (7January, 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)
Notes: This was SK’s debut on the international stage