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Friday Concert Hall presents a shortened version of 'ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD'

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An opera by Jacques Offenbach. Translation and radio adaptation from the original libretto of Hector Cremieux by Geoffrey Dunn. Produced by John Glyn -Jones Goehr
and Walter Goehr
Immortals:
Jupiter, Juno, Venus. Diana, Cupid, Mercury, and Pluto
Mortals:
Orpheus, Eurydice, Madame Comme -Il-Faut, and John Styx
Singers: Minnia Bower. Linda Gray , Kathleen Burgis , Isabelita Alonso , Betty Hutchings Trefor Jones,
Edmund Donlevy , Dennis Bowen. and Frith Ban6ury
Actors: Ann Codrington , Mary Jones , Joan Sterndale Bennett. Wilfrid Babbage , and John Bryning
Narrator: Ronald Simpson
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Chorus-Master, John Clements )
BBC Theatre Orchestra (Leader. Alfred Barker )
Conductor, Walter Goehr

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Dunn.
Produced By:
John Glyn
Produced By:
Jones Goehr
Produced By:
Walter Goehr
Unknown:
Madame Comme
Singers:
Minnia Bower.
Singers:
Linda Gray
Singers:
Kathleen Burgis
Singers:
Isabelita Alonso
Unknown:
Edmund Donlevy
Unknown:
Dennis Bowen.
Unknown:
Ann Codrington
Unknown:
Mary Jones
Unknown:
Joan Sterndale Bennett.
Unknown:
Wilfrid Babbage
Narrator:
John Bryning
Narrator:
Ronald Simpson
Chorus-Master:
John Clements
Leader:
Alfred Barker
Conductor:
Walter Goehr

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