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Vanessa

BBC Radio 3
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Opera in four acts
Music by Samuel Barber Libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti
(sung in English) (records)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos

The action takes place at Vanessa's country house in a northern country, about the year 1905.

Acts 1 and 2

Contributors

Music By:
Samuel Barber
Unknown:
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Conducted By:
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Source: Radio Times

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