Alexander Faris

Northern Irish-born educated in Belfast and at Oxford and the Royal College of Music. Later as a Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund of the U.S.A., he studied composition in New York with Bernard Wagenaar. he composed the music for many films including “Georgy Girl”. “The Quare Fellow” 1962, “He Who Rides A Tiger”, and “Rowlandson’s England”. In 1949 he began conducting with the Carl Rosa Opera Company and he was guest conductor with the Royal Ballet from 1960–67 and regular conductor with Sadler’s Wells Opera between 1960–69. He was the musical director to many West End shows including “Candide”, “Irma La Douce”, “Robert And Elizabeth” and “The Young Visiters”. He frequently conducted B.B.C. Broadcasts.

Past productions

Musical Director, Flowers for Algernon, Michael White 13^th June – 6^th July 1979, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
Musical Director, Kismet 21^st March – 8^th July 1978, Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 1963 – Present Day.
Music arranged by, The Husband-in-Law, H M Tennent Ltd 10^th May – 10^th July 1976, Bristol Hippodrome, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, and other locations.
Musical Director, Bordello 18^th April – 1^st June 1974, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
Musical Direction, The Great Waltz, Bernard Delfont and Harold Fielding 9^th July 1970 – March 1972, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
Musical Director / Orchestrations, The Young Visiters, Martin Landau for Rutland Productions Ltd and Moray Watson and Philip Grout for Productions GLP Ltd 27^th November 1968 – 15^th February 1969, Bristol Hippodrome and Piccadilly Theatre, London.
Orchestrations by, Robert and Elizabeth, Marlan Productions Ltd 20^th October 1964 – 4^th February 1967, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
Musical Director, Irma la Douce, Donald Albery, H M Tennent Ltd, and Two Arts Ltd 24^th June 1958 – 3^rd March 1962, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, and other locations.
Musical Director / Orchestrations, Summer Song 16^th February – 23^rd June 1956, Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 1963 – Present Day).
Musical Director, Romance In Candlelight 8^th August – 29^th October 1955, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Kings Theatre, Southsea, and other locations.
Musical Director, And So To Bed 23^rd February – 18^th April 1953, Theatre Royal, Brighton and Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra).

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