Excerpts from
Mendelssohn's
' Son and Stranger '
(first London performance at the Little Haymarket Theatre on July 7, 1851)
Gounod's ' Sapho '
(first London performance at Covent Garden on August 9. 1851)
Verdi's ' Ernani'
(first London performance in English at the Surrey Theatre on November 1, 1851)
SON AND STRANGER (MENDELSSOHN)
Overture
Air: I am a roamer
SAPHO(GOUNOD)
Closing Scene of Act 2:
Adieu, patrie
Chanson du pâtre
O ma lyre immortelle
(Continued in next column)
ERNANI (VERDI) from Act 1:
Prelude and Introduction
Recit. and Cavatina: Ernani Recit. and Cavatina: Eivira from Act 3:
The Conspiracy Scene
Singers:
Victoria Sladen (soprano)
Janet Howe (mezzo-soprano)
Ronald Hill (tenor)
Alexander Young (tenor) Roderick Jones (baritone)
George James (bass)
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville ) with the BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader. John Sharpe )
Conductor, Stanford Robinson