Opera in four acts
Libretto by ETIENNE DE JOUR and LUIGI BALOCCHI
Music by Rossini
Italian translation by Calisto Bassl
Relayed from the Rome studios of Italian Radio
Cast in order of sinotna:
Courtters. slaves, priests. Egyptians and Israelites
ROME CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF ITALIAN RADIO
Chorus-Master, Gianni Lazzart
Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
The action takes place in Egypt in 1290 B.C.
Act 1 The camp of the Israelites outside Memphis
9.28* Act 2 Pharaoh's palac*
10.6* Act 3 The Temple of Isis
10.31* Act 4 The shores of the Red
Sea
Recorded In the Basilica dl S. Marta degli Angell. Rome, as one of the European Broadcasting Union programmes marking the centenary of Rossini's death.
See page 39