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The Widow's Stratagem

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('La Vedova Scaltra')

A lyric comedy in three acts
Libretto by Mario Ghisalberti adapted from the comedy of the same name by Carlo Goldoni
English version by Geoffrey Dunn
Music by Wolf-Ferrari
(first performance in this country)

The action takes place in Venice in 1742
Act 1
Scene 1: The terrace outside 'Bonvecchiati's'
Scene 2: A room, in Rosaura's house
Scene 3: A walk, by a canal
Scene 4: Rosaura's garden on the lagoon

(Geraint Evans broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
(Ernest Bradbury writes on page 4)

Contributors

Composer:
null Wolf-Ferrari
Libretto:
Mario Ghisalberti
Adapted from a play by:
Carlo Goldoni
English translation by:
Geoffrey Dunn
Singers:
BBC Chorus
Chorus trained by:
Alan G. Melville
Musicians:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Steven Staryk
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Producer:
Geoffrey Dunn
Rosaura, widow of Stefanello del Bisognosi:
Carmen Prietto
Lord Runnymede, an Englishman:
Thomas Hemsley
Monsieur le Bleau, a Frenchman:
Lloyd Strauss-Smith
Don Alvaro de Castilla, a Spaniard:
Hervey Alan
The Baron di Bosco Nero, an Italian:
Ken Neate
Marionette, Rosaura's French maid:
Gwen Catley
Arlecchino a waiter:
Geraint Evans
St Clair, Lord Runnymede's man:
Denis Catlin
Folletto, the Baron's man:
Jan van der Gucht
Pedro, the Don's man:
Bassett Stevens
Source: Radio Times

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