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FIDELIO

Third Programme
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An opera in two acts
Libretto after Bouilly by Sonnleithner and Treitschke
Music by BEETHOVEN sung in German
Guards, prisoners, townsfolk
GLYNDEB0URNE FESTIVAL CHORUS Chorus-Master, Peter Gellhorn ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Leader, Raymond Cohen
Conducted by VITTORIO GUI Producer, Giinther Rennert
Read of Music Staff, Jani Strasser
The action takes place in a State prison near Seville
Acr I
Scene 1: A room in the house of Rocca
Scene 2: The courtyard of the prison
See page 4
' Elegy for Young Lover* ' from Qtyndebourne : July 15

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Peter Gellhorn
Leader:
Raymond Cohen
Conducted By:
Vittorio Gui
FLORESTAN, a political prisoner:
Richard Lewis
LEONORE, his wife, disguised under the name of Fidelio:
Gré Brouwenstijn
DON PIZARRO, governor of the State prison:
Herbert Fliether
Rocco jailer at the prison:
Mihaly Szekely
MARZELLINE,his daughter:
Elsie Morison
JAQUINO, porter at the prison:
Duncan Robertson
DON FERNANDO, Minister of State:
Thomas Hemsley
FIRST PRISONER:
John Kentish
SECOND PRISONER:
Derick Davies
Source: Radio Times

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