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The Barber of Baghdad

BBC Radio 3
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Comic opera in two acts by CORNELIUS
(sung in German)
(gramophone records)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
AND CHORUS conducted by ERICH LEINSDORF
Act 1 A room in Nureddin's house

Contributors

Conducted By:
Erich Leinsdorf
Nureddin a rich young man:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Bostana, an aged relation of the Cadi:
Grace Hoffman (contralto)
Abul Hassan, a barber:
Oskar Czerwenka (bass)
Margiana, daughter of the Cadi:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Cadi Baba Mustapha:
Gerhard Unger (tenor)
The Caliph:
Hermann Prey (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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