An opera in three acts by Roberto Gerhard
Libretto by the composer, after SHERIDAN
For his only opera, completed in ]947 but never yet staged, Gerhard - Spanish by birth, English by adoption - appropriately chose an English play set in Spain; and though never a nationalistic composer, he here made use of elements of Spanish folk music to evoke the background to Sheridan's sparkling comedy.
BBC CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conducted by DAVID ATHERTON
Repetiteurs HAROLD LESTER. ROGER VIGNOLES and JOHN CONSTABLE Producers VERONICA SLATER and LIONEL SALTER
Edition prepared by ALAN BOUSTEAD ‡
(David Atherton and Joseph Rouleau broadcast by permission of Covent Garden)
The action takes place in Seville in the 18th century. Act I
3.20* Sheridan's Duenna: Play into Opera
JOHN WARRACK considers the relationship between the original 18th-century comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and some of the operas that have been based on it.
3.35* The Duenna, Act 2