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The English Cat

BBC Radio 3
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Hans Werner Henze 's most recent opera - a comic work with a text by EDWARD BOND - is a satire on the hypocrisy of the British Establishment, played out by cats.
Introduced by Peter Paul Nash
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by BELA DEKANY conducted by RICHARD ARMSTRONG Parti
8.30* Hans Werner Henze talks with Clive Bennett about the difficulties of collaborating with a librettist.
8.40* Part 2
Producer CLIVE BENNETT
Repetiteurs JAMES HOLMES and MICHAEL LLOYD (R)
(Harrison Birtwistle 's 'The Mask of Orpheus'on Friday at 7.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hans Werner Henze
Introduced By:
Peter Paul Nash
Unknown:
Bela Dekany
Conducted By:
Richard Armstrong
Talks:
Hans Werner Henze
Unknown:
Clive Bennett
Producer:
Clive Bennett
Repetiteurs:
James Holmes
Repetiteurs:
Michael Lloyd
Unknown:
Harrison Birtwistle
Lord Puff, elderly President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Rats (RSPR):
Bruce Brewer (tenor)
Arnold, his nephew:
Gregory Reinhart (bass)
Minette, Lord Puffs new wife:
Susan Roberts (soprano)
Babette, her sister:
Cynthia Buchan (mezzo-Soprano)
Tom, a licentious cat:
Russell Smythe (baritone)
Peter, his friend/Counsel for the Defence/Parson/Lucian, a solicitor's clerk/Mr Keen:
Julian Pike (tenor)
Louise, an orphan mouse, adopted by the RSPR:
Anne Dawson (soprano)
Mr Jones, the money-lender/Judge/Mr Fawn:
Glyn Davenport (bass-Baritone)
Counsel for the Prosecution:
Matthew Best (bass)
Other members of the RSPR Miss Crisp:
Rosemary Hardy (soprano)
Mrs Gomfit:
Tracy Chadwell (soprano)
Lady Toodle:
Ameral Gunson (mezzo-Soprano)
Mr Plunkett:
Stephen Richardson (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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