Opera in a prologue and three acts. Music by Verdi Libretto by TEMISTOCLE SOLERA (sung in Italian: records)
The story centres round Attila, the great Hun and the ' scourge of God,' whose courage begins to desert him after the intervention of divine authority, and who eventually is outwitted and killed by his enemies.
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
FINCHLEY CHILDREN'S MUSIC GROUP
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by LAMBERTO GARDELLI Prologue
2.55* Attila at La Scala and the Tenor of the Beautiful Death A talk by JULIAN BUDDEN. illustrated by DAVID FIELDSEND (tenor) and BERNARD SUMNER (piano)
3.5* Attila, Acts 1, 2 and 3