by RICHARD WAGNER starring
BBC2 presents its first television studio production of Wagner's epic opera, performed in a new English version by PETER BUTLER and BRIAN LARGE
The opera is performed without any intervals as Wagner himself intended it to be.
THE AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS
(chorus master JOHN MCCARTHY )
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (leader ERICH GRUENBERG ) conducted by David Lloyd-Jones associate conductor ANTHONY HOSE
Visual effects MICHAELJOHN HARRIS
Make-up and hair MAUREEN WINSLADE Costume designer JOYCE HAMMOND
Sound RAYMUND ANGEL, RICHARD CHUBB Lighting JOHN TREAYS
Designer DAVID MYERSCOUGH-JONES Producer BRIAN LARGE