An opera in three acts by Leos Janacek based on the comedy by Karel Capek
(Sung in English)

Emilia Marty, star of the opera house, becomes involved in what has been a long-drawn-out law-suit. She mysteriously sheds light on the case, revealing an intimate knowledge of the past that no normal person could possess. What is her secret and why her interest in the case? The answers are provided as the opera develops and Emilia Marty is left as a tragic heroine.
Cast in order of appearance
Welsh National Opera Chorale chorus-master Julian Smith
Welsh Philharmonia Orchestra leader John Stein conducted by Richard Armstrong
Introduced by Humphrey Burton
This programme may be heard simultaneously in stereo on R3.
For the Welsh National Opera Company:
Designer MARIA BJORNSON
Stage lighting NICHOLAS CHELTON
Produced by DAVID POUNTNEY
For the BBC:
Sound GRAHAM GAMBLES
Lighting LEN STEPHENS
Produced by J. MERVYN WILLIAMS
Directed by BRIAN LARGE
BBC Cymru/Wales
(For the best effect viewers with stereo Radio 3 should turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative)