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THE BASSARIDS

BBC Radio 3
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Opera seria with intermezzo in one act
Libretto after Euripides' Bacchae by W. H. AUDEN and Chester KALLMAN
Music by Hans Werner Henze
Sung In the original English
Cast in order of singing:
Citizens of Thebes, Bassarids (Maenads and Bacchants)
BBC CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Bean
Conducted by EDWARD Downes
Produced by BRIAN TROWELL the action takes place In the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Thebes, and on Mount Cytheron
Recorded In the Royal Albert Hal) Delme Bryn-Jones broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden: Francis Egerton by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Co r Broadcast on September 22

Contributors

Unknown:
W. H. Auden
Unknown:
Chester Kallman
Music By:
Hans Werner Henze
Leader:
Hugh Bean
Conducted By:
Edward Downes
Produced By:
Brian Trowell
Source: Radio Times

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