Claxton Opera



1978

Saul and the Witch at Endor

Henry Purcell

Cast


Saul ............................................... Richard White
The Witch ..................................... Alison Humphrey
Samuel's Ghost ............................ Maurice Bird





Dido & Aeneas

Henry Purcell

Cast


Dido, Queen of Carthage ....... Sally Stock
Belinda, her companion .......... Kathleen Chapman
Second Woman ....................... Tracy Webb
Sorceress ................................ Judy Read
First Witch .............................. Margaret Hipperson
Second Witch .......................... Glenda Smith
Spirit ........................................ Janet Arnett
Aeneas, a Trojan Prince ......... Vernon Holt
Sailor ....................................... Robert Arnett


Handmaidens

Gillian McLaughlin, Marianne Chalcraft, Susan Catchpole


Sailors

Billy Driver, Maurice Bussen, John Guymer, Don Prutton, Alan Willoughby


Soldiers

Kit Chalcraft, Bert Clitheroe, Ivan McLaughlin, Steve Pank, Bryan Reece, John Wallace-Jones


Pages

Matthew Mitchell, Christian White


Cupids

Jacob White, Lucy White


Chorus

Sylvia Bailey, Betty Best, Sophie Castell, Alison Chalcraft, Kay Holmes, Lynda Knight, Sue Prutton, Sybil Snelling, Pat Tegerdine, Joan Thackery, Jill Thompson, Bobby White

Jeremy Betts, Ron Lyon, Colin Thackery, Brian Tuffrey, Barry Warne, Keith Wincote


Musical Director
John Barnett

Producer
Richard White

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Last Updated
March 17 2010

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