A musical play in five scenes by Paul Knepler and Fritz Lohner
Music by Franz Lehar
(First production: Vienna State Opera, 1934)
English translation by Adam Carstairs. arranged for stereo by Raymond Raikes
BBC Chorus
BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Vilem Tausky
Sc 1: The market-place in a Mediterranean port

3.16* During the Interval
Vilem Tausky discusses with Charles Osborne the place of Giuditta among Lehar's work.

3.20* Giuditta
Sc 2: North Africa - in the garden of Octavio's villa; Sc 3: A military encampment

4.10* During the Interval
Dr Bernard Grun, author of Gold and Silver: The Life and Time of Franz Lehar talks about Lehar and the Vienna of the 20s and 30s, and introduces a historic recording of part of Giuditta with the original principals, Richard Tauber and Jarmila Novotna conducted by the composer.

4.20* Giuditta
At The Alcazar: Sc 4: The Alcazar - a night club in a large North African city; Sc 5: Four years later - a private room in a luxury Paris hotel

(Anne Pashley and Gwynne Howell broadcast by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden)
Producers RAYMOND RAIKES and JOHN BUSSELL