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Beatrice and Benedict

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

live from the London Coliseum. TIM ALBERY 'S new production of Berlioz's opera; based on SHAKESPEARE'S Much Ado about Nothing, in the English translation by AMANDA HOLDEN and MARTY CRUICKSHANK. (mezzo-soprano) (tenor) (baritone) (bass)(bar) (spoken roles) ENO CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA led by BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by MARK ELDER
8.40 The Pattern of Wit Benjamin Whitrowreads from The Book of the Courtier by BALDESAR CASTIGLIONE , one of the original sources for Shakespeare's Beatrice and Benedick.
9.10 Act 2 Producer PHILIP TAGNEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Albery
Translation By:
Amanda Holden
Translation By:
Marty Cruickshank.
Unknown:
Eno Chorus
Unknown:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Mark Elder
Unknown:
Benjamin Whitrowreads
Unknown:
Baldesar Castiglione
Producer:
Philip Tagney
Beatrice:
Ann Murray
Benedict:
Philip Langridge
Hero:
Anne Dawson (sop)
Ursula:
Jean Rigby (mezzo)
Claudio:
Christopher Booth-Jones
Don Pedro:
Stafford Dean
Somarone:
Eric Shilling
Leonato:
Ronald Hines
Messenger:
Greg Winter
Source: Radio Times

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