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La jolie fille de Perth

BBC Radio 3
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Opera-comique in four acts Libretto by J.H. VERNOY DE saint-GEORGES and JULES adenis , after SIR WALTER SCOTT 'S novel St Valentine's Day Music by Bizet (sung in French): records The story of the love of a glove-maker's daughter for an armourer in medieval Scotland. FRENCH RADIO CHORUS NEW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF FRENCH RADIO/GEORGES PRETRE Acts 1 and 2
3.20* Interval Reading
3.25* Acts 3 and 4

Contributors

Unknown:
J.H. Vernoy
Unknown:
Jules Adenis
Unknown:
Sir Walter Scott
Henry Smith, an armourer:
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
Mab, Queen of the gypsies:
Margarita Zimmermann (mezzo-Soprano)
Catherine Glover:
June Anderson (soprano)
Simon Glover, her father:
Gabriel Bacquier (bass)
Ralph, his apprentice:
Jose van Dam (bass-Baritone)
Duke of Rothsay:
Gino Quilico (baritone)
Workman:
Philippe Duminy (baritone)
Major-domo:
Daniel Ottevaere (bass)
Nobleman:
Christian Jean (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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