Helen Vanni in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

From the 1971 Glyndebourne Festival comes a performance of Strauss’s ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (sans Prologue) with Helen Vanni (above) in the title-role.

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CAST:

Bacchus: Helge Brilioth
Zerbinetta: Sylvia Geszty
Ariadne: Helen Vanni
Harlekin: John Gibbs
Scaramuccio: Maurice Arthur
Brighella: John Fryatt
Truffaldin: Dennis Wicks
Naiade: Teresa Cahill
Dryade: Enid Hartle
Echo: Yvonne Fuller

Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Read more about Helen Vanni here.