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Coups de Roulis

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(The Roll of the Wave)
Operetta in three acts
Libretto by Albert Willemetz
Music by Andre Messager

James Harding introduces this late flowering of Messager's melodic genius about the amorous intrigues that result from the arrival on board a French warship of a special parliamentary investigator and his beautiful daughter.
New Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France conducted by Michel Fuste-Lambezat
(French Radio recording)

Act 1

2.55* Interval Reading

3.0* Coups de Roulis, Act 2

3.55* Interval Reading

4.0* Coups de Roulis Act 3

Contributors

Libretto:
Albert Willemetz
Music:
Andre Messager
Beatrice, daughter and secretary to Puy-Pradal:
Pierrette Delange
Sola Myrrhis, an Egyptian actress:
Isabel Garcisanz
Gerville, Captain of the Montesquieu:
Michel Roux
Puy-Pradal, MP:
Jean-Christophe Benoit
Kermao, sub-lieutenant:
Michel Philippe
Pinson, Flag-lieutenant:
Maurice Sieves
Haubourdin, lieutenant-commander:
Louis Navarre
Muriac, Ship's Medical Officer:
Bernard van Der Meersch
Belloiy, Ship's purser:
Paolo Martinelli
Blangv, Ship's engineer:
Roland Bavrgignok
Doctor:
Philippe Ariotti
Admiral:
Michel Fauche
Suberville:
Alain Munier
Source: Radio Times

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