A jazz opera
Music by William Russo
Words by Adrian Mitchell
THE Russo ORCHESTRA Leader, Leon Calvert
Conducted by THE COMPOSER
Assistant conductors, Patrick Gower and Richard Peaslee
Electronic sequences by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
The story concerns a remote island whose inhabitants are evacuated to the mainland on government orders, as the island is required for military purposes. The theme is the conflict between the primitive puritanism of the islanders and the complex, corrupt mainland society.
