A bourgeois comedy with symphonic interludes in two acts by Richard Strauss English version by GERALD GOVER
Bernard Keeffe , the conductor, says:
ACADEMY OF THE BBC lead by COLIN SAUER conducted by Bernard Keeffe repetiteur, NORMAN FEASEY Producer JULIAN BUDDEN
The action takes place in the 1920s, by the Grundlsee and in Vienna. Act 1
9.0* Lotte Lehmann. the distinguished opera singer and teacher, recalls some memories of Richard Strauss
9.10* Intermezzo Act 2
Recorded in Cardiff.
(Stuart Kale broadcasts by permission of the Welsh National Opera Company)