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The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein

BBC Radio 3
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Comic opera in three acts
Music by Offenbach
English libretto by G.P. Robinson
Musical adaptation by Sydney Baynes
BBC Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra led by Arthur Price conductor Ashley Lawrence
Act 1

4.0* Orpheus In America
Richard Hurndall reads excerpts from Offenbach's diary of his journey to the New World. translated by Lander MacClintock
Adapted and produced by Patricia Brent

4.20* The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein: Acts 2 and 3

(Eric Shilling broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera)

Contributors

Music:
null Offenbach
English libretto:
G.P. Robinson
Musical adaptation:
Sydney Baynes
Singers:
BBC Singers
Musicians:
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leader:
Arthur Price
Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence
Producer:
Barry Knight
Reader ("Orpheus in America"):
Richard Hurndall
Translator ("Orpheus in America"):
Lander MacClintock
Adapted and Produced by ("Orpheus in America"):
Patricia Brent
Grand Duchess:
Maureen Guy
Wanda:
Joanne Brown
FritZ:
Bernard Dickerson
Baron Puck:
Gordon Faith
General Boum:
Eric Shilling
Prince Paul:
Kenneth Bowen
Baron Grog:
Leslie Fyson
Sergeant-Major:
Leslie Fyson
Source: Radio Times

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