L'Arlésienne (The Girl from Arles): a drama in three acts by Alphonse Daudet translated by Edward Sackville-West.
Bizet's music Is performed in accordance with the composer's directions as indicated in his original score for the first performance in Paris In 1872.
ACT 1: The courtyard of Le Castalet. a farm in Provence. May 1. 1860
ACT 2: Scene 1 Near the Pool of Vaccares, in the salt marshes of the Camargue. Towards the end of May.
Scene 2 In the kitchen of Le Castalet. A week later.
ACT 3: Scene 1 The courtyard of Le Castalet. June 21.
Scene 2 The room under the hay-loft at Le Castalet. Later that night.
First broadcast In June 1962.
