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Lawrence Folley
![]() Sadler’s Wells 1960, backstage in Hull as Public Prosecutor Fouquier-Tinville in “Andrea Chenier” | ![]() As “Big Ben” with Leon Greene in “Merrie England” by Edward German, Sadler’s Wells 1960 | ![]() As Eugine Onegin with wife Marie as Tatiana who also produced this amateur production in Wealdstone, London in 1961 |
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![]() As Earl of Mountararat, in “Iolanthe” Sadler’s Wells 1962 | ![]() Sadler’s Wells, Coventry Cathedral Festival 1962 | ![]() As Alfio in "Cavalleria Rusticana" with John Andrew as Turridu, Sadler’s Wells 1963 |
![]() As Leander in "Love of Three Oranges" with Heather Begg as Princess Clarrisa, Sadler’s Wells 1963 | ![]() As Lodovico Carneo in "Gypsy Baron" Sadler’s Wells 1964 | ![]() As father in “Hansel & Gretel” Margaret Neville, as Gretel and Mary Gilmore as Hansel. Sadlers Wells 1964 |
![]() As Count Almaviva with Margaret Gale as Susanna, “Marriage of Figaro”, Sadler’s Wells 1965 | ![]() As Valentine in “Faust” with Donald Pilley as Faust and Don Garrard as Mephistopheles, Sadler’s Wells 1965 | ![]() As the Muleteer in “L’Heure espagnole” dancing with Joyce Blackham and Emile Belcourt as Gonzalez, Sadler’s Wells 1966 |
![]() As Prince Yeletsky in “Queen of Spades” with Ava June as Lisa, Sadler’s Wells 1966 | ![]() As Agamemnon in “La Belle Helene” with Joan Davies as Helen, Sadler’s Wells 1967 | ![]() As Dynamite Peters in the South African musical “Eureka” by Percy Baneshik and Bertha Egnos, Johannesburg 1968 |
![]() As Eisenstein with Leonore Veenemans as Rosalinda in “Die Fledermaus”, Cape Town 1969 | ![]() As Rodrigo in “Don Carlo” with Nicola Zaccaria as King Philip 1969 | ![]() As Rodrigo with Giovanni Gibin as “Don Carlo”, Johannesburg 1969 |
![]() As Enrico in “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Nellie Du Toit as Lucia, Cape Town 1969 | ![]() Backstage as Balstrode in “Peter Grimes” with wife Marie who was a violinist in the orchestra, Pretoria 1969 | ![]() As Balstrode with Gert Potgieter as Peter Grimes, Pretoria 1969 |
![]() As Dr Malatesta in "Don Pasquale” Pretoria 1970 with Harold Blackburn as Don Pasquale, Ian Donald as the notary and Rita Roberts as Norina | ![]() As Renato in “Un Ballo in Maschera” with Nicola Cencherle as Riccardo, Cape Town 1970 | ![]() As Eisenstein in “Die Fledermaus” with Leonore Veenemans as Rosalinda, Durban 1971 |
![]() As Petruchio In “Kiss Me Kate” Benoni 1971 with Leonore Veenemans as Kate | ![]() As Don Carlo in "La Forza Del Destino" Pretoria 1971, with daughter Roxane in the chorus and wife Marie in the orchestra. | ![]() As Don Carlo in “La Forza Del Destino” with Giovanni Gibin, as Don Alvaro Pretoria 1971 |
![]() Backstage at the Civic Theatre, Johannesburg as Rigoletto with Mimi Coertse as Gilda, 1971 | ![]() Backstage with daughter Mandy at Civic Theatre Johannesburg as Don Giovanni 1972 | ![]() Backstage As Don Giovanni 1972 with Harold Blackburn as Leporello, Civic Theatre, Johannesburg 1972 |
![]() As Danilo Backstage with Leonore Veenemans as the Merry Widow in Cape Town 1973 | ![]() Publicity photo for “Kismet” in Johannesburg 1973 | ![]() As Eisenstein in “Die Fledermaus” backstage with daughter Roxane who was in the chorus. Cape Town 1974 |
![]() As Marcello in “La Boheme” backstage with daughter Mandy who was in the chorus, Pretoria 1974 | ![]() Singing “We ladies of the naughty nineties” in “The Victorian Music Box” Durban 1974 | ![]() Cape Town 1975 As Rodrigo in “Don Carlo” with daughter Roxane as the page Tebaldo |
![]() As Rodrigo with André Turp as Don Carlo, Cape Town 1975 | ![]() As Johann Strauss Senior in "The Great Waltz" with Jean Fenn as Helen Vernet. Johannesburg 1975 | ![]() Backstage, Civic Theater, Johannesburg as Johann Strauss Senior in "The Great Waltz" with daughter Laura wearing Dad's costume,1975 |
![]() “The Barber of Seville” with Marion Studholme as Rosina, Pretoria 1976 | ![]() Backstage with Maestro Franco Ferraris in the “Barber of Seville” Johannesburg 1976 | ![]() As the Baritone Soloist in Carmina Burana, with daughter Roxane who was the Soprano Soloist. Orange Free State Symphony Orchestra, Bloemfontein 1976 |
![]() Outside the Civic Theatre Johannesburg during revival of "The Great Waltz" in 1976 with Peter Elliott who played Hirsch | ![]() As Danilo with Roberta Palmer in "The Merry Widow” Johannesburg 1977 | ![]() As Paquillo with Aviva Pelham as "La Perichole" CapeTown 1977 |
![]() As Gasparo in the South African Broadcasting Corporation televised production of “Rita” with Mimi Coertse as Rita and Manuel Escorcio as Beppe, 1978 | ![]() Celebrating the win of his second Nederburg Opera prize with sopranos Barbara Veenemans and Emma Renzi in 1978 | ![]() As Nabucco in Pretoria 1978 with Hanna van Niekerk as Fenena, David Gwynne as Zaccaria and Marita Napier as Abigaille. |
![]() Backstage as Nabucco in Johannesburg 1978 with Marita Napier as Abigaille | ![]() As Simone Boccanegra with Lois McDonall as Maria and Paul Hudson as Fiesco, Pretoria 1979 | ![]() Backstage in “Barber of Seville” with Aviva Pelham as Rosina, Cape Town 1980 |
![]() As “Don Giovanni” backstage with daughter Laura who was Elvira’s maid. Cape Town 1980 | ![]() Backstage as Petruchio with Valerie Anderson as Kate in “Kiss Me Kate”, Cape Town 1980 | ![]() Publicity shot for “South Pacific” as Emile de Becque with Sharon Lynne as Nellie. Cape Town 1980 |
![]() Backstage with daughter Laura in the chorus, Cape Town South Pacific 1980 | ![]() As Amonasro in extract from “Aida” for the opening of Pretoria State Theatre 1981 with Stephen Tudor as Radames, Rudi Neitz as Ramfis, Rouel Beukes as the King and Susan Braatvedt as Amneris. | ![]() As Iago in with Carlo Cossutta as Otello, Pretoria 1981 |
![]() As Rigoletto with Aviva Pelham as Gilda, Cape Town 1981 | ![]() As Jokanaan with Leonie Rysanek as Salome, Cape Town 1981 | ![]() As the “Barber of Seville” backstage with Deon van der Walt as Almaviva, Windhoek 1982 |
![]() As Nabucco with Marita Napier as Abigaille, Cape Town 1982 | ![]() Backstage as Renato in “Un Ballo in Maschera” with conductor Leo Quayle and Aviva Pelham as Oscar. Pretoria 1983 | ![]() As Scarpia in “Tosca” backstage with Franco Tagliavini as Cavaradossi, Cape Town 1979 |
![]() As Macbeth, Pretoria 1983 with Marita Napier as Lady Macbeth | ![]() As Macbeth backstage with daughter Mandy who was in the chorus. Johannesburg 1983 | ![]() As Sharpless with Yoko Watanabe as Butterfly, Cape Town 1983 |
![]() As Count Almaviva in “The Marriage of Figaro” with Aviva Pelham as Susanna and Marilyn Bennett as Cherubino. Cape Town 1983 | ![]() As Georgio Germont with Diana Soviero as Violetta in “La Traviata”, Pretoria 1984 | ![]() Roodepoort 1985 as Don Giovanni, backstage with future wife Jacky whom he married in 2001 after the death of Marie |
![]() As Enrico, backstage in “Lucia di Lammermoor” with son in law John Treleaven as Edgardo and grandson Lawrence, Cape Town 1985 | ![]() The Folley family 1985 in Pretoria with sons-in-law, tenor John Treleaven and clarinettist Joe, violinist wife Marie, daughters Roxane, Mandy and Laura and grandchildren Lawrence and Leona | ![]() As Cervantes in "Man of La Mancha" with future son in law John Eagar as the Innkeeper. Cape Town 1985 |
![]() As Cervantes in “Man of La Mancha” with Marilyn Bennett as Aldonza | ![]() As Cervantes in “Man of La Mancha” with Fitz Morley as Sancho and Aviva Pelham as Aldonza. Cape Town 1986 | ![]() Cape Town 1986 publicity photo with Isabelle van Zyl, Virginia Oosthuizen and conductor Barry Smith for Vaughan Williams’ “Sea Symphony” |
![]() As Balstrode backstage with Phillip Gelling as Ned Keene and daughter Mandy in the chorus. "Peter Grimes" Pretoria 1986 | ![]() As Don Alfonso in Billy Kennedy’s televised production of “Cosi fan Tutte” with Manuel Escorcio as Ferrando, Marilyn Bennett as Dorabella, Andrea Catzel as Fiordiligi and Peter Kramer as Guglielmo. 1987 | ![]() Recording sound for “Cosi Fan Tutti” with Marilyn Bennet, Manuel Escorcio, Carina Cronje, Andrea Catzel, Gerard Korsten and Peter Kramer, 1987 |
![]() As Falstaff with Lucy Coleby-Long as Meg and Sally Presant as Mistress Quickly. Cape Town 1987 | ![]() As Rigoletto with future son in law John Eagar as Monterone, Cape Town 1988 | ![]() As Johann Strauss Snr with daughter Roxane as Rezi and Aviva Pelham as Helen in “The Great Waltz” Durban 1989 |
![]() As Rodrigo in “Don Carlo” Cape Town 1990 | ![]() As Father in “Hansel and Gretel" with Carina Cronjė as Gretel, Virginia Davids as Mother and Marilyn Bennett as Hansel. Cape Town 1990 | ![]() As Don Alfonso with Carina Cronjė as Despina in “Cosi fan Tutte” Cape Town 1990 |
![]() As Michele in “Il Tabarro” with Linda Plech as Giorgetta, Cape Town 1991 | ![]() Cape Town 1992 rehearsing Scarpia in “Tosca” with director Angelo Gobbato | ![]() As Falstaff with Sally Gain (Nanetta), Angelica Novak (Mistress Quickly), Margie Nel (Mistress Page) and Ona Ackerman (Mistress Ford), Durban 1992 |
![]() Cast of William Tell, Cape Town 1992 Standing: Don Garrard (Gualtiero), Bert Schoeman (Fisherman), John Eagar (Melchthal/Gessler), Vetta Wise, (Chorus Master), Sidwill Hartman (Arnoldo), Lawrence Folley (Tell), Virginia Davids (Matilde), Lunghile Jacobs (Assistant Chorus Coach), Shauna Elkin (Edwige). Front: Corlia Breytenbach (Jemmy), Craig Downes (Rodolfo), Renato Palumbo (Conductor), Michael Vanyaza (Chorus Coach), Denver Smith (Leutoldo). | ![]() As Prosdocimo in “Turk in Italy” with Gerard le Roux as Narciso, Cape Town 1992 | ![]() As Lord Rocheford in “Anna Bolena”, State Theatre Mainz 1994, with Elaine Woods as Anna, Angelika Rohde as Giovanna and Nicola Cziesla as Riccardo |
![]() As Thomas Becket in T.S. Eliot’s “Murder in the Cathedral” with grandson Lawrence. St Augustine Church Weiesbaden 1994 |

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