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An opera in four acts
Libretto, after Prosper Merimee by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy
Music by Bizet sung in French
Cast in order of singing:
Soldiers, cigarette-girls, opsin smugglers
The Children's Choir from the Ebuuy Secondary School and the Finchley Catholic Grammar Schooo coached by Jean Povey
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson
Covent Garden Orchestra Led by George Hallam
Conducted by Charles Mackerras

The action takes place in and around Seville about 1830
Act 1 A square in Seville
3.56* First Interval
4.10* Act 2 The tavern of Lillas
Pastia
4.55* Second Interval
5.10* Act 3 A desolate part of the mountains
Act 4 Outside the bullring in Seville

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
(Broadcast on March 10, 1968)

During the Intervals
Rameau Q
First Interval
Pieces de clavecin' en concerts
No. 3
Second Interval
Pieces de clavecin en concerts
No. 2
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) Robert Veyron-Lacroix (harpsichord)
Jacques Neilz (cello)
(gramophone records)

Contributors

Unknown:
Henri Meilhac
Unknown:
Ludovic Halevy
Unknown:
Jean Povey
Chorus-Master:
Douglas Robinsao
Unknown:
George Hallam
Conducted By:
Charles MacKerras
Fluteo:
Jean-Pierre Rampal
Cello:
Jacques Neilz

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