Comic opera in three acts. Libretto freely adapted from a short story Of GUY DE MAUPASSANT by ERIC CROZIER. Music by Britten.
The Opera Theatre of St Louis production recorded in June 1978 at the Loretto Hilton Theatre, St Louis, Missouri
MEMBERS OF THE ST LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by JOHN MORIARTY
The action takes place in Loxford, a small market town in East Suffolk, in the year 1900.
A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2.
Alan Blyth writes on page 31.