Opera in two parts
Libretto by PAUL CLAUDEL
Music by Darius Milhaud (sung in French)
Presented by the European Broadcasting Union
This spectacular dramatisation of the story of Columbus caused a major sensation at its 1930 premiere under Kleiber in Berlin, with 20 curtain calls for each half, but with riots in the theatre.
Cast:
Sailors' delegate
GEORGES CENICOT (spoken role)
Other parts played by SIMONE HEYVAERTS (soprano) LIEVE, JANSENS (contralto) GUY VERMANDERE (tenor) LUDOVIC de SAN (baritone) HUGO SMEKENS (bass)
CHORUS OF THE FRENCH RADIO chorus-master MARCEL COURAUD
CHORUS OF THE BELGIAN RADIO chorus-masters vie NEES and ARMAND METZ
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE BELGIAN RADIO conducted by LEONCE GRAS
Sound engineer JAN SEGERS
Production organised by HERIBERT DE CALUWE (BRT) and directed by LIONEL SALTER (BBC)
Part 1
10.15* A Stormy Evening at the Linden Opera House
A talk by LEO KARL GERHARTZ , read by JULIAN BUDDEN
10.25* Christophe Colomb Part 2