Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,698 playable programmes from the BBC

II Campanello di Notte

on BBC Radio 3

One-act comic opera, with words and music by Donizetti (sung in Italian). The Night Bell is a farce - wildly popular in its day - about the thwarted wedding night of an elderly chemist, kept from his young bride by the repeated visits to his dispensary of one of her former admirers in a variety of disguises.
Rodney Milnes introduces the performance, recorded at this year's Bregenz Festival.
Cast in order of singing:
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS chorus-master
HElMUTH FROSCHAUER VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by BRUNO AMADUCCI
The scene is the reception room adjoining Don Anni bale's dispensary in Foria, a suburb of Naples.

Contributors

Introduces:
Rodney Milnes
Chorus-Master:
Helmuth Froschauer Vienna
Conducted By:
Bruno Amaducci
Unknown:
Don Anni

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More