A man kneels before a standing woman, she is looking down to him as she sings and he smiles

Montiverdi

The Coronation of Poppea

Dunstan Playhouse

18 Jul - 30 Jul 1977

Season Closed

Conductor: Myer Fredman
Director: Adrian Slack
Designer: John Cervenka
Lighting: Ian McGrath
Chorus Master: Brian Chatterton

Fortuna/Drusilla: Patsy Hemingway
Virtu/Pallade/Damigella: Angela Denning
Amor: Deborah Pfeiffer
Ottone: John Bolton Wood
Valetto/First Soldier: Kevin Miller
Lucano/Second Soldier: Thomas Edmonds
Poppea: Eilene Hannan
Nero: Gregory Dempsey
Arnalta: Norma Knight
Ottavia: Daphne Harris
Seneca: Keith Hempton
Liberto/Lictor: David Brennan

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