Full performance in French of 'La Prise de Troie'
Opera in three acts and four tableaux
Words and music by Hector Berlioz

Cast, in order of singing: [see below]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Leader, Oscar Lampe)
BBC Theatre Chorus (Chorus-Master, John Clements)
Conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt.

The action takes place in the plains and city of Troy in classical times
7.30-8.5 Act 1 - A camp abandoned by the Greeks
8.25-9.5 Act 2 - Before the Citadel
9.25-9.55 Act 3 - First tableau: The tent of Aeneas. Second tableau: The Temple of Vesta, and the sack of Troy

Further performance on Friday of this week

Harold Rutland writes on 'Berlioz and Virgil' on p. 24