# The Moderate Soprano

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'''''The Moderate Soprano''''' is a 2015 play by the British playwright [David Hare](/source/David_Hare_(playwright)). It is a historical play dealing with [John Christie](/source/John_Christie_(opera_manager)), his founding of [Glyndebourne Opera](/source/Glyndebourne_Opera) and his romance and marriage with [Audrey Mildmay](/source/Audrey_Mildmay), the eponymous soprano.

The premiere production was directed by [Jeremy Herrin](/source/Jeremy_Herrin) at the [Hampstead Theatre](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Guardian) }}</ref> That production transferred to the [Duke of York's Theatre](/source/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](/source/Hampstead_Theatre) | date=December 2017}}</ref>

==Premiere cast==
*[Roger Allam](/source/Roger_Allam) – John Christie
*[Nancy Carroll](/source/Nancy_Carroll_(British_actress)) – Audrey Mildmay
*[Paul Jesson](/source/Paul_Jesson) – [Fritz Busch](/source/Fritz_Busch)
*[Nick Sampson](/source/Nick_Sampson) – [Carl Ebert](/source/Carl_Ebert)
*[George Taylor](/source/George_Taylor_(actor)) – [Rudolf Bing](/source/Rudolf_Bing)

==References==
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