A tragedy in three acts
Libretto by F. B. Hoffmann
Music by Cherubinl with recitatives by Franz Lachner sung in the Italian translation by Carlo Zangarlnl on gramophone records
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
CONDUCTED BY TULLIO SERAFIN
The action taket place at Corinth, in and near the royal palace.
Act 1
8.20 NEW POETRY
The Poet's Voice
Contributions by Owen Leeming , Robert Lowell
J. E. M. Lucie-Smith
James Michie , Peter Porter and Peter Redgrove
Selected and arranged by George MacBeth and read by the poets themselves