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Clarissa

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

live from the London Coliseum,
Robin Holloway 's opera based on the 18th-century novel by Richardson in its world premiere production by David Pountney. (soprano) (tenor) (soprano) (soprano) (sop) (mezzo) (tenor) (sop) (bar) (bar) (treble) (mezzo)
ENO Orchestra leader Barry Griffiths conductor
Oliver Knussen
8.50 Sean French considers how suitable the seven volumes of Clarissa are for an operatic transformation 250 years later.
Producer Elizabeth Burke
9.10 Act 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Holloway
Production By:
David Pountney.
Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conductor:
Oliver Knussen
Producer:
Elizabeth Burke
Clarissa:
Vivian Tierney
Lovelace:
Graeme Matheson-Bruce
Anna:
Rosa Mannion
Cousin:
Penelope Walmsley-Clark
Aunt:
Shelagh Squires
Voice offather:
Peter Sidhom (bass)
Uncle:
Peter Sidhom (bass)
Mother:
Jill Pert
Brother:
Justin Lavender
Sister:
Claire Primrose
Screwtape:
Eric Shilling
Doctor:
Paul Napier-Burrows
Boy:
Charley Henderson
Nursing woman:
Ann Gall
Source: Radio Times

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