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Proms 76

on BBC Radio 3

Gilbert and Sullivan: Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride
given by the English National Opera Company direct from the Royal Albert Hall

Chorus of Rapturous Maidens and Officers of the Dragoon Guards
English National Opera Chorus, chorus-master Kenneth Cleveland
English National Opera Orchestra, leader Barry Collins, conductor Charles Mackerras

Act 1 Exterior of Castle Bunthorne.

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Kenneth Cleveland
Musicians:
English National Opera Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Barry Collins
Conductor:
Charles Mackerras
Officers of the Dragoon Guards - Colonel Calverley:
Eric Shilling (bass-baritone)
Officers of the Dragoon Guards - Major Murgatroyd:
Ashton Smith (tenor)
Officers of the Dragoon Guards - Lieut the Duke of Dunstable:
Terry Jenkins (tenor)
Reginald Bunthorne, a Fleshly Poet:
Derek Hammond-Stroud (baritone)
Archibald Grosvenor, an Idyllic Poet:
Tom McDonnell (baritone)
Rapturous Maidens - The Lady Angela:
Ann Hood (soprano)
Rapturous Maidens - The Lady Saphir:
Shelagh Squires (mezzo-soprano)
Rapturous Maidens - The Lady Ella:
Margaret Haggart (soprano)
Rapturous Maidens - The Lady Jane:
Anne Collins (contralto)
Patience, a Dairy Maid:
Nandra Dugdale (soprano)
Chorus of Rapturous Maidens and Officers of the Dragoon Guards:
English National Opera Chorus

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