The last of three programmes in which Richard Osborne , with reminiscences from Sena
Jurinac, traces the fortunes of the Vienna State Opera company in the decade following the bombing of its home theatre in 1945. Music by Richard Strauss , Johann Strauss (son),
Bizet and Beethoven sung by Paul Schbffler , Hilde Gueden , Hans Hotter ,
Irmgard Seefried , Alfred Poell , Martha Modi ,
Wolfgang Windgassen and Gottlob Frick.
Series producer Peter Tanner