Le médecin malgre lui Comic opera in three acts
Music by GOUNOD Libretto by JULES BARBIERand MICHEL CARRE after Moliere
English version by BRIAN TROWELL after Henry Fielding's translation of Moliere's play
Narrator RONALD HARVI
BBC NORTHERN SINGERS and SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader Reginald STEAD conducted by ERIC WETHERELL repetiteur ALEXA maxwell
Produced by ERNEST WARBURTON and TREVOR HILL
The opera is set in France at the end of the 17th century (Ann Howard broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company)