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The Rake's Progress

BBC Radio 3
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Opera in three acts
A fable by w. H. AUDEN and CHESTER KALLMAN Music by Stravinsky direct from the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden
ROYAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master JOHN BARKER
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL
OPERA HOUSE leader JOHN BROWN
ALISTAIR DAWES « harpsichord) conducted by COLIN DAVIS (Sponsored by the Royal Opera House Trust and Mrs Edgar G. Tobin ) Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Auden
Unknown:
Chester Kallman
Chorus-Master:
John Barker
Leader:
John Brown
Harpsichord:
Alistair Dawes
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Conducted By:
Mrs Edgar G. Tobin
Anne Trulove:
Helen Donath (sop)
Tom Rakewell:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Trulove, Anne's father:
Robert Lloyb (bass)
Nick Shadow:
Donald Gramm (bass-Bar)
Baba the Turk:
Patricia Johnson (mezzo-Soprano)
Sellem, an auctioneer:
John Dobson (tenor)
Keepet of the Madhouse:
Roderick Kennedy (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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