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The Three Pintos

(Die Drei Pintos)
An Opera in Three Acts

by Carl Maria von Weber & Gustav Mahler


Original libretto (1821) by Theodor Hell for Weber
revised by Carl von Weber (grandson)
Revised English translation by Rodney Blumen
Performed at The Haslemere Hall, February 1998

Cast
Don Pantaleone Roiz de Pacheco (a nobleman) Andrew Rupp
Don Gomez de Freiros (a nobleman) Hurdis Grandison
Clarissa (Don Pantaleone's daughter) Tamsin Coombs, Kathleen Schueppert*
Laura (Clarissa's maid) Suzanne Joyce, Susannah Vernon *
Don Gaston Viratos (a former student) Neil Griffiths
Ambrosio (Don Gaston's servant) John Baldwin
Don Pinto de Fonseca (a young country squire) Orlando Schenk
Inez (the Innkeeper's daughter) Jessica Summers
Innkeeper Tim Macer
Major-domo Ian Greenep * understudy

Opera South Chorus
SoparanosVanessa Blaber, Pamela Depledge, Antje Kelly, Jenny Hill, Diane Riddell, Kathleen Schueppert, Susannah Vernon
AltosWendy Bloor, Dorothee Burton, Jane Hamlyn, Evelyn Knight, Moyra Finlay
TenorsIan Greenep, Michael Laird, Bertie Mawer, Anthony Ramsden, Huw Reynolds, Alan Taylor
BassesJohn Braithwaite, Robert Hill, STan Hoskin, John Jones, Tim Macer, Andrew Westwood


The Bernardi Opera Orchestra — Leader: Andrew Bernardi
Conductor: David Wright
Director: Christopher Cowell
Set Design: John Braithwaite
Lighting design: Owen Giles
Wardrobe Manager: Linda Callingham
Make-up: Esther Jones & team
Production Manager: Robert Hill
Stage Manager: Adam Forde