The life story of Franz Lehar
Devised by Kenneth Pakeman
Written by Maurice Gorham
3—' The Grey Danube'
The Players:
The Singers:
Victoria Sladen , Betty Huntley-Wright
John Hanson , Alexander Young
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville )
BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Produced by Kenneth Pakeman andArchie Campbell
From 1918 to 192S: the first world war killed the old Vienna, but it did not kill Lehar's gift of song. At last he found his interpreter in Richard Tauber , who carried his music across the world.