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A Village Romeo and Juliet

on BBC Radio 3

Opera in six scenes Music by Delius Libretto by THE COMPOSER after a story by GOTTFRIED KELLER , sung in a revised English version by TOM HAMMOND
The English National
Opera North production, direct from the Grand Theatre, Leeds
'CHORUS OF ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA NORTH, chorus-master JOHN PRYCE-JONES ENGLISH NORTHERN
PHILHARMONIA, leader DAVID GREED , conducted by DAVID LLOYD-JONES
The action takes place in Switzerland during the middle of the 19th century. Scenes 1-4

Contributors

Music By:
Delius Libretto
Story By:
Gottfried Keller
Unknown:
Tom Hammond
Chorus-Master:
John Pryce-Jones
Leader:
David Greed
Conducted By:
David Lloyd-Jones
Manz, a rich farmer:
Patrick Wheatley (bar)
Marti, a rich farmer:
Thomas Lawlor (bass)
Sali, Manz's son (as a Child):
. Eleanor Smith (sop)
Vrenchen, Marti's daughter (as a child):
Joy Naylor (sop)
Sàli:
Adrian Martin (ten)
Vrenchen:
Laureen Livingstone (sop)
Dark fiddler:
Stuart Harling (bar)
First peasant:
David Scrivens (bar)
Second peasant:
James Thornton (bar)
First woman:
Fionnuala Hough (sop)
Second woman:
Elizabeth Lockwood (sop)
Third woman:
Vivienne Bailey (mezzo-Soprano)
Gingerbread woman:
Alison Jack (sop)
Wheel-of-fortune woman:
Rosemary Ashe (sop)
Cheap jewellery woman:
Marian Darby (mezzo-Sop)
Showman:
Alfred Hallett (tenor)
Second bargee:
Stephen Dowson (bar)
Slim girl:
Hilary Jackson (sop)
Wild girl:
Maria Jagusz (mezzo-Sop)
Poor horn-player:
Brian Cookson (tenor)
Hunchbacked bass-fidd:
Bruce Budd (bass)
First bargee:
Adrian Clarke (bar)
Third bargee:
George Haywood (ten)

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