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Cast

Fabrizio Vingradito: Trevor Anthony
Lucia: Elizabeth Bainbridge
Giannetto: Nicola Monti
Ninetta: Mariella Adani
Fernando Villabella: Paolo Pedani
Gottardo
: Giorgio Tadeo
Pippo: Janet Baker
Isacco
: Griffith Lewis
Antonio
: Julian Moyle
Gregorio: Dennis Wicks

Crew

The Plot

La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) is a melodrama or opera semiseria in two acts based on La pie voleuse by Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez.
The opera is mainly known for its overture, which features the use of snare drums. The story revolves around Ninetta, a servant girl who is falsely accused of stealing a silver spoon from her employer, Fabrizio. She is sentenced to death, but the real thief is revealed to be a magpie who has been stealing shiny objects.
Ninetta is saved at the last moment and reunited with her lover, Giannetto, Fabrizio's son.

Crew
ConductorJohn Pritchard
DirectorPeter Potter
Set DesignOsbert Lancaster
Costume DesignOsbert Lancaster
Wexford Chorus CoachMrs C Hore
Assistant Chorus CoachNora O'Leary