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Gawain

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The eagerly awaited return of Harrison Birtwistle 's
Royal Opera commission, to David Harsent 's libretto based on the English medieval romance Sir
Gawain and the Green
Knight. Presented by Piers Burton-Page in conversation with Di Trevis , director of this production.
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor
Elgar Howarth Act

Contributors

Unknown:
Harrison Birtwistle
Unknown:
David Harsent
Presented By:
Piers Burton-Page
Unknown:
Di Trevis
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth
Gawain:
Francois Le Roux (bar)
Lady de Hautdesert:
Anne Howells (mezzo)
Morgan Le Fay:
Marie Angel (soprano)
Green Knight:
John Tomlinson (bass)
King Arthur:
Richard Greager (tenor)
Guinevere:
Penelope Walmsley-Clark (sop)
Bishop Baldwin:
Kevin Smith (countertenor)
Fool:
Omar Ebrahim (baritone)
Ywain:
John Marsden
Agravain:
Alan Ewing
Source: Radio Times

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