An opera by J. Massenet
French text by H. Meilhac and Phillip Gille. English version by Dennis Arundell
Cast
The BBC Theatre Chorus
The BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Narration written and spoken by Wilfrid Rooke Ley
Production by Stanford Robinson in collaboration with Gordon McCdnnel ,
Rex Haworth , and Charles Groves
In France in 1721 Scenes :
1 The courtyard of an inn at Amiens. 2 An apartment in the Rue Vivienne, Paris. 3 A parlour in the Seminary of St. Sulpice. 4 A fashionable gambling-room in Paris. 5 A lonely spot on the road to Havre