CAST

Christina ex-queen of Sweden - Katy Duke
Cardinal Don Antonio Barberini - Sean Simpson
Giulio Rospigliosi - Alan Caig
Clerk - Paul Featherstone
Attendants to Christina - Rosina Bonsu, Mary Niblett

L'Aurora (Dawn) - Malin Gjörup
L'Innocenza (Innocence) - Lorna Anderson
La Colpa (Guilt) - Eleanor Bennett
La Vita (Life) - Jill Feldman
L'Intendimento (Understanding) - Stuart Patterson
Il Piacere (Pleasure) - Douglas Nasrawi
Sentinella della Colpa (Sentinel of Guilt) - Graham Russell
Sentinella dell'Innocenza (Sentinel of Innocence) - Camilla Johansen

Virtues:
Candore (Honesty) - Katarina Hansson
Carità (Charity) - Viveca Axell
Costanza (Constancy) - Mimmi Nilsdotter
Fede (Faith) - Malin Gjörup
Patienza (Patience) - Nicholas Macklon
Pentimento (Repentance) - Camilla Johansen
Speranza (Hope) - Susan Hamilton
Zelo (Zeal) - Geraint Hylton Roberts

Vices:
Concupiscenza (Lust) - Carole Irvine
Frode (Fraud) - Graham Russell
Infidelità (Infidelity) - Lars Hedström
Invidia (Envy) - Cesare Righetti
Ira (Wrath) - Clare Bovill
Orgoglio (Pride) - Dennis Haggerty

Dancers - Il Ballarino (Florence):
Alessandro Ciardini, Giovanni Franzoni, Bruna Gondoni, Marco Mazzoni,
Monica Miglioli, Marina Nordera, Paolo Pagni

Continuo:
Theorbo - Jakob Lindberg
Archlute - Lynda Sayce
Harp - Delyth Wynne
Harpsichords - Lucy Carolan, John Kitchen
Cello - Marjorie Rycroft
Violone - Warwick Edwards

Obbligati Instruments:
Violins - Christopher Field, Richard Gwilt
Cornetti and trumpets - Michael Laird, John A. Sampson

Producer - Kate Brown
Designer - Tim Northam
Choreographer - Andrea Francalanci
Lighting - Ace McCarron
Musical Direction - Warwick Edwards
Musical score prepared from the original sources by Warwick Edwards
with assistance from Silke Leopold, Evelyn Stell
Working translation of libretto prepared by Angela Voss
Pronunciation advice - Andrea Francalanci

Production and Stage Manager - Dominic Hartigan
Deputy Stage Manager - Jane Rutherford
Assistant Stage Managers - Deirdre Henderson, Jacqui Kelly
Costumes realised by Simone Girardin with the assistance of Frances Robertson
Director's Assistant - Carolyn Towner
Set building - Fantastic Fabrications
For Tramway - Ken Hunter (Technician), Paul Sorley (Chief Electrician)

Viveca Axell, Malin Gjörup, Katarina Hansson, Lars Hedström,
Camilla Johansen, Mimmi Nilsdotter and Cesare Righetti
appear by arrangement with the Musikhögskolan i Malmö, Sweden

Clare Bovill, Dennis Haggerty, Carole Irvine, Nicholas Macklon and Graham Russell
appear by arrangement with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow

Hair and Make-up by Mary Robson

La Vita Humana logo designed by Sophie M. Buchet


 

 
Life (Jill Feldman) and Understanding (Stuart Patterson) ensnared in Guilt's net during rehearsals.