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Tristan und Isolde

BBC Radio 3
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Music drama in three acts by WAGNER
(sung in German)
Sailors, knights, and attendants to King Marke
BBC MEN'S CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader ELI GOREN conductor COLIN DAVIS
(Josephine Veasey and Michael Langdon broadcast by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden)
The action takes place In Arthurian days. Act 1

Contributors

Leader:
Eli Goren
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Conductor:
Josephine Veasey
Conductor:
Michael Langdon
A young sailor:
Donald Pilley (tenor)
Isolde, daughter of the King of Ireland.:
Amy Shuard (soprano)
Brangäne, Isolde's attendant:
Josephine Veasey (mezzo-Sop)
Kurwenal, Tristan's henchman:
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Tristan:
Ronald Dowd (tenor)
Melot, false friend of Tristan:
Kenneth Bowen (tenor)
Marke, King of Cornwall:
Michael Langdon (bass)
A shepherd:
Robert Tear (tenor)
A steersman:
John Noble (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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