(' Le Serment ')
A lyric episode in two scenes
Libretto by Dominique Vincent after Balzac: English version by Christopher Hassall
Music by Alexandre Tansman
THE INTRUDER (spoken by Robert Eddi son); MARGARETTA, the Countess (Joan Carlyle ); THE COUNT, her husband (John Cameron ); JOSE, a Spanish prisoner of war on parole (Frans Vroons ); GABRIELLE, the Countess's personal servant (Johanna Peters ); GORENFLOT, the gardener, her fiance (Stephen Manton )
A section of the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Peter Gellhorn )
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Leader, Steven Staryk )
Conducted BY STANFORD ROBINSON
Produced by Stanford Robinson and John Gibson
(first performance in this country)