Opera in four acts
Libretto by MAURIZIO VAUCAIRE and CARLO ZANGARINI based on La femme et le pantin by PIERRE LOUYS
Music by RICCARDO ZANDONAI (sung in Italian)
(first broadcast in this country)
Factory girls, waiters, guitar-players
TURIN CHORUS AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF ITALIAN RADIO chorus-master RUGGERO MAGHINI conducted by MARIO ROSSI
(Recording made available by courtesy of Italian Radio)
The action takes place in Seville towards the end of the last century Act 1