In celebration of his 70th birthday, an evening of popular operatic highlights with Sandra Browne (mezzo-sop) Jean-Luc Viala (tenor)
Nicolas Rivenq (baritone) Ambrosian Opera Chorus chorus-master JOHN MCCARTHY Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guards
(by permission of col d r p lewis. the Lt Col Commanding the Regiment) and the BBC Concert Orchestra
The programme contains extracts from The Barber of Seville, Nabucco, Don Carlos ,
Il Trovatore, La Bohème, Aida, Carmen, The Pearl Fishers, Tosca and Prince Igor
Introduced by Brian Kay Producer BARRY KNIGHT (Given in association with Raymond Gubbay Ltd)
8.20-8.40* Interval
Sir Yehudi Menuhin in conversation with Brian Matthew