L'Arlésienne
The Girl from Aries
A drama in three acts by Alphonse Daudet translated by EDWARD SACKVILLE-WEST
Music by Georges Bizet
Bizet's music will be performed in accordance with the composer's directions as indicated in his original score for the first performance in Paris in 1872. Characters in order of speaking:
THE BOWMAN-HYDE SINGERS
LONDON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader. Lionel Bentley
Conductor, ANTHONY BERNARD
Adapted for radio and produced by RAYMOND RAIKES
Act 1: The courtyard of Le
Castaler, 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 hayloft at Le Castalet. Later that night. The stereophonic production broadcast in June 1962