with The BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
The programme arranged* by Max Robertson
Tonight Richard Tauber , now a British subject, sings again with the BBC Theatre Orchestra. The last occasion on which he appeared with them was in the popular ' Saturday at Nine Forty-Five ' series in June of last year. At that time he was appearing as one of the principal tenors at Covent Garden. Since then he has been out to South Africa, where he was playing in Lehar's operetta The Land of Smiles (in which ' You are my heart's delight' was first sung), in addition to giving concerts in all the leading towns of the Union. Since returning to England, he has been busy giving concerts throughout the British Isles.
This evening he will sing some of the arias that people love so well, both from opera and from Viennese operetta, as well as other songs from his repertoire. Don't be surprised if Stanford Robinson turns over his baton to Richard Tauber for the last item of the programme!