{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{italic title}} '''''The Moderate Soprano''''' is a 2015 play by the British playwright David Hare. It is a historical play dealing with John Christie, his founding of Glyndebourne Opera and his romance and marriage with Audrey Mildmay, the eponymous soprano.
The premiere production was directed by Jeremy Herrin at the Hampstead Theatre from 23 October to 28 November 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2015/the-moderate-soprano/|title=The Moderate Soprano|website=Hampstead Theatre}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/may/15/david-hare-glyndebourne-the-moderate-soprano-hampstead-theatre|title=New David Hare play to dramatise the birth of Glyndebourne|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|date=15 May 2015| newspaper=The Guardian }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/oct/30/moderate-soprano-review-glyndebourne-opera-david-hare-play | title=The Moderate Soprano review – sex and the sublime in Hare's moving Glyndebourne play|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=30 October 2015| newspaper=The Guardian }}</ref> That production transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre in central London from 5 April to 30 June 2018, with Allam and Carroll reprising the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/news/2017/december/david-hares-the-moderate-soprano-transfers-to-the-west-end/ | title=DAVID HARE'S THE MODERATE SOPRANO TRANSFERS TO THE WEST END | publisher=Hampstead Theatre | date=December 2017}}</ref>
==Premiere cast== *Roger Allam – John Christie *Nancy Carroll – Audrey Mildmay *Paul Jesson – Fritz Busch *Nick Sampson – Carl Ebert *George Taylor – Rudolf Bing
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