A broadcast of Petrassi's only two operas in celebration of his 70th birthday Morte dell'aria
(Death in the air)
A tragedy in one act by TOTI SCIALOJA
Sung in an English translation by BERNARD KEEFFE
The story was suggested by a documentary film of a young man who tried to fly from the Eiffel Tower with canvas wings.
BBC SINGERS (WOMEN VOICES) director JOHN POOLE
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA led by ARTHUR PRICE conducted by MASSIMO PRADELLA Repetiteur RICHARD NUNN Producer LIONEL SALTER
(Norman Welsby and John Brecknock broadcast by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera)