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King Priam

BBC Radio 3
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Michael Tippett 's second opera in a new production by Opera North, live from the Grand Theatre, Leeds. (treble)
Chorus of Opera North
English Northern Philharmonia conductor Paul Daniel
Act 1
8.00 Tippett on King Priam: A talk first broadcast in 1962. 8.20 Act 2
8.45 Choice and Responsibility: Natalie Wheen discusses the dramatic issues of King Priam with the cast.
9.05 Act 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Tippett
Conductor:
Paul Daniel
Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Priam:
Andrew Shore (bass-Bar)
Hecuba:
Eiddwen Harrhy (sop)
Hector:
Geoffrey Dolton (bar)
Andromache:
Linda McLeod (sop)
Paris:
Christopher Ventris (ten)
Helen PATRICIA:
Bardon (alto)
Achilles:
Neill Archer (tenor)
Patroclus:
George Mosley (bar)
Paris a boy:
Thomas Jackson
Nurse:
Tamsin Dives (mezzo)
Old Man:
Tom McDonnell (bass)
Guard:
Gordon Wilson (ten)
Hermes:
Mark Curtis (tenor)
Serving woman:
Irene Evans (sop)
Huntsmen:
Brian Cookson (tenor)
Huntsmen:
Philip Mills (tenor)
Huntsmen:
James Thornton (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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