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The French Opera

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La Muette de Portici
Opera in five acts. Libretto by SCRIBE and DELAVIGNE. Music by Auber (sung in French)
Produced in 1828, Auber's best grand opera has further claims to fame: it sparked off the Belgian revolution of 1830; and it contains a dumb heroine who ends the opera by plunging into a stream of molten lava. Alfonse D'Arcos , son of the BBC NORTHERN SINGERS, chorus-master STEPHEN WILKINSON
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA , leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by MYER FREDMAN repetiteur COURTNEY KENNY
Producer ERNEST WARBURTON Act 1
9.45* Masaniello: Variation on a Baroque Theme. BASIL DEANE discusses Auber's opera.
10.0* Opera, Acts 2 and 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Alfonse D'Arcos
Chorus Master:
Stephen Wilkinson
Leader:
Orches Tra
Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Myer Fredman
Repetiteur:
Courtney Kenny
Producer:
Ernest Warburton
Source: Radio Times

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