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La Boheme

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by Puccini
Starring Joan Carlyle as Mimi, Stuart Burrows as Rudolph, Adele Leigh as Musetta
The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Leader, Hugh Bean
Conductor, Charles Mackerras

(Joan Carlyle, Victor Godfrey, and John Constable appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden)

In the Interval, Joan Cross talks about the opera and its background.
See page 11

Contributors

Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Libretto:
Giuseppe Giacosa
Libretto:
Luigi Illica
English version by:
William Grist
English version by:
Percy Pinkerton
From the novel by:
Henri Murger
Singers:
The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Musicians:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Hugh Bean
Conductor/Musical Director:
Charles Mackerras
Associate Conductor:
David Lloyd-Jones
Repetiteur:
John Constable
Designer:
Tony Abbott
Producer:
Cedric Messina
Director:
Basil Coleman
Presenter:
Joan Cross
Mimi:
Joan Carlyle
Rudolph:
Stuart Burrows
Musetta:
Adele Leigh
Marcel:
Michael Maurel
Schaunard:
David Bowman
Colline:
Victor Godfrey
Benoit:
Norman Lumsden
Alcindoro:
Frederick Sharp
Parpignol:
Don Paulin
Sergeant:
Stanley Riley
Customs man:
David Read
Source: Radio Times

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