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I Vespri Siciliani

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Opera in five acts. Libretto by EUGENE SCRIBE, CHARLES OUVEYRIER Music by Verdi (sung in Italian) (gramophone records)
Based on an event which took place in the year 1282, when the people of Palermo rose against their French oppressors and massacred them.
JOHN ALLDIS CHOIR
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by JAMES LEVINE Acts 1 and 2

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Unknown:
John Alldis
Conducted By:
James Levine
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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