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Le Vin Herbe

on BBC Radio 3

(The Drugged Wine) Opera in three acts
Music by Frank Martin , based on three chapters of JOSEPH BEDIER 'S Romance of Tristan and Iseult (sung in French)
Martin's setting calls for 12 solo singers, some singing named parts, and all forming a chorus.
FIONA DOBIE (soprano)
ALISON HARGAN (Iseult) (soprano) LAUREEN LIVINGSTONE (Brangane) (soprano)
PHYLLIS CANNAN (Iseult aux blanches mains) (mezzo-soprano) AMERAL GUNSON (Iseult's mother) (mezzo-soprano)
ALISON TRUEFITT (mezzo-soprano) PHILIP DOGHAN (tenor)
LAN CALEY (Tristan) (tenor)
MICHAEL GOLDTHORPE (Kaherdin) (tenor)
PETER SAVIDGE (King Mark) (baritone)
GEOFFREY SHAW (Hoel) (baritone) RICHARD SUART (baritone) ALAN DUDLEY (narrator) PARK LANE MUSIC PLAYERS conducted by SIMON JOLY
Technical presentation by GEOFFREY TIMS
Producer CHRIS DE SOUZA

Contributors

Music By:
Frank Martin
Unknown:
Joseph Bedier
Soprano:
Alison Hargan
Soprano:
Laureen Livingstone
Soprano:
Phyllis Cannan
Mezzo-Soprano:
Ameral Gunson
Mezzo-Soprano:
Alison Truefitt
Narrator:
Alan Dudley
Conducted By:
Simon Joly

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