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The Maid of Orleans

BBC Radio 3
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Opera in four acts
Music by Tchaikovsky Libretto after SCHILLER (sung in Russian)
(gramophone records)
BOLSHOi THEATRE WIND ENSEMBLE MOSCOW RADIO CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA: HARRY GRODBERG (Organ) conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
The action takes place at Domrfmy. Chinon, Rheims and Rouen. Acts 1 and 2 3.55* Andrew Porter talk* about Schiller's play The Maid of Orleans, and the operas that Verdi and Tchaikovsky made from it.
4.10* The Maid of Orleans Acts 3 and 4

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Music By:
Tchaikovsky Libretto
Conducted By:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Conducted By:
Andrew Porter
Source: Radio Times

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