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Paul Bunyan

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Operetta in two acts and a prologue
Libretto by W. H. AUDEN
Music by Benjamin Britten The premiere recording of Britten's first stage work, based on the American folk legend of a giant lumberjack who clears the forests of America to prepare for civilisation. (baritone) (spoken role) (tenor) (bass) (baSS) (tenor) (tenor) (bass) (tenor) (soprano) mezzo-soprano) (mezzo-soprano) (mezzo-soprano)(baritone)(baritone)(baritone) (tenor) (baritone) (baritone) (baritone)(baritone)(baritone) (baritone)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
PLYMOUTH MUSIC SERIES!
PHILIP BRUNELLE. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
W. H. Auden
Music By:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Philip Brunelle.
Narrator:
Pop Wagner
Paul Bunyan:
James Lawless
Four Swedes Andy Anderson:
Phil Jorgenson
Pete Peterson:
Tim Dahl (tenor)
Jen Jenson:
Thomas Shaffer
Cross Crosshaulson:
Lawrence Weller
Western Union Messenger:
James Westbrock
Two bad cooks Sam Sharkey:
Vern Sutton
Ben Benny:
Merle Fristad
Johnny Inkslinger, book-keeper:
Dan Dressen
Fido, a dog:
Maria Jette
Two cats Moppet:
Sue Herber (
Poppet:
Janis Hardy
Quartet of the defeated:
Janis Hardy
Quartet of the defeated:
James Bohn
Quartet of the defeated:
James McKeal
Quartet of the defeated:
Richard Allison
Hot biscuit Slim, a good cook:
Clifton Ware
Tiny, Paul Bunyan's daughter:
Elisabeth Comeaux Nelson
John Shears, a farmer:
James McKeal
Hel Helson, foreman:
James Bohn
Four of his cronies:
Richard Allison
Four of his cronies:
Benjamin Allen
Four of his cronies:
Stanford Felix
Four of his cronies:
Jay Ramos
Source: Radio Times

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