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Abu Hassan

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Comic opera in one act
Libretto by F.K. Hiemer
English version by David Harris
Music by Weber
Cast in order of singing:
BBC Midland Chorus
BBC Midland Orchestra
(Leader, James Hutcheon)
Conducted BY Leo Wurmser
Produced by C. Denis Freeman

Scene: Abu Hassan's apartment in the precincts of the royal palace at Baghdad. (Another performance: Monday at 8.30)

Contributors

Libretto:
F.K. Hiemer
English Version:
David Harris
Music:
Anton Weber
Orchestra Leader:
James Hutcheon
Conductor:
Leo Wurmser
Producer:
C. Denis Freeman
Abu Hassan, favourite of the Caliph:
Rene Soames
Sugarcane, his wife, favourite of the Sultana:
April Cantelo
Omar, a money-lender, infatuated with Sugarcane:
Norman Lumsden
Masrur, the Caliph's treasurer:
John Le Mesurier
Zemrud, the Sultana's confidante:
Hattie Jacques
The Caliph, Harun al-Rashid:
Raymond Rollett
Zubaidah, his wife, the Sultana:
Helen Goss
Source: Radio Times

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