Opera in four acts by FRANCESCO CILEA
Libretto by ARTURO COLAUTTI based on the play by EUGENE SCRIBE and ERNEST LEGOUVÉ English version by PERCY PINKERTON , adapted by NORMAN TUCKER
BBC CHORUS
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by ALBERTO EREDE Repetiteurs JOHN BACON and RICHARD NUNN
Produced by JULIAN BUDDEN
(Given before an invited audience in the Camden Theatre, London)
(Elizabeth Bainbridge and Delme Bryn-Jones broadcast by permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Norman Welsby by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company) Acts 1 and 2