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Romeo and Juliet

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The first UK broadcast of Boris Blacher 's chamber opera of 1943. Wartime deprivation prompted this miniaturised version of Shakespeare's play which fuses Weill-like tunes with Stravinskian objectivity, and anticipates by some
20 years the atmosphere of Britten's church parables. (Sung in German)
AUSTRIAN RADIO CHORUS AND
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ERWIN ORTNER (Austrian Radio recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Boris Blacher
Conducted By:
Erwin Ortner
Romeo:
Kurt Azesberger (tenon
Juliet:
Maria Brojer (soprano)
Lady Capulet:
Patricia Caya (contralto)
Capulet:
Sebastian Vittucci (baritone)
Nurse:
Elfriede Obrovsky (contralto)
Tybalt:
Michael Czerny (tenor)
Benvolio:
Roland Streiner (bass)
Peter:
Manfred Equiluz (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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