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Libretto by Patric Dickinson
Music by Alan Ridout

An opera for radio which tells the story of Phaeton, son of Apollo and Klymene, who threatens the ecology of the earth, by driving the chariot of the sun.

Members of the Philomusica of London
Leader John Willison
Levine Andrade (Viola Solo)
Conducted by Elgar Howarth
Repetiteur, Richard Nunn

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Contributors

Libretto:
Patric Dickinson
Music:
Alan Ridout
Musicians:
Members of the Philomusica of London
Leader:
John Willison
Violaist:
Levine Andrade
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth
Repetiteur:
Richard Nunn
Producer/Director:
Hallam Tennyson
Producer/Director:
Elaine Padmore
Klymene, a water-nymph:
Maureen Lehane (mezzo-sop)
Apollo, God of the Sun:
Neil Howlett (baritone)
Phaeton:
James Bowman (counter-tenor)
Epaphos, son of Zeus:
Tom McDonnell (baritone)
Akanthos, doorkeeper of the Palace:
John Tomlinson (bass)
Tethys:
Jean Allister (contralto)
Four Stable Lads - Climon:
Paul Hillier (baritone)
Four Stable Lads - Simonides:
David Wilson-Johnson (bass-bar)
Four Stable Lads - Theoros:
Peter Hall (tenor)
Four Stable Lads - Agrestes:
Cyril Somers (tenor)
Four willow trees, Phaeton's sisters:
Patricia Hooper (soprano)
Four willow trees, Phaeton's sisters:
Penelope Clark (soprano)
Four willow trees, Phaeton's sisters:
Christine Batty (contralto)
Four willow trees, Phaeton's sisters:
Lesley Reid (contralto)
With the voices of:
Geoffrey Collins
With the voices of:
Leslie Heritage
With the voices of:
Jane Knowles
With the voices of:
Joan Matheson
With the voices of:
Valerie Murray
With the voices of:
Jonathan Scott

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