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'THE DUENNA'

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An opera in three acts and ten scenes
Libretto (after Sheridan) and music by Roberto Gerhard and BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville )
BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader. John Sharpe )
Conductor. Stanford Robinson
Repetiteur. Leo Wurmser
The action takes place in Seville towards the end of the 18th century
Act 1
Scene 1: Outside Don Jerome's house
Scene 2: A street corner
Scene 3: In Don Jerome's house
Scene 4: An unfrequented square
Scene 5: The promenade by the Guadalquivir
Harold Rutland writes on page 8

Contributors

Music By:
Roberto Gerhard
Unknown:
Alan G. Melville
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Unknown:
Leo Wurmser
Don Jerome, a notleman of Seville:
Martin Lawrence
Donna Louisa, his daughter:
Victoria Sladen
Don Ferdinand, his son:
Denis Dowling
The Duenna, a middle-aged woman. Donna Louisa's governess:
Edith Coates
Don Antonio, an impoverished gentle man in love with Donna Louisa:
Max Worthley
Donna Clara. Donna Louisa's friend. loved by Don Ferdinand:
Maureen Springer
Don Isaac an elderly and wealthy Portuguese Jew:
Otakar Kraus
Father Paul, Don Isaac's companion and guide In Seville:
Parry Jones
Brethren of Deadlv Sin. laymen strolling at night through the streets of Seville exhorting sinners to penitence:
William Biggs
Brethren of Deadlv Sin. laymen strolling at night through the streets of Seville exhorting sinners to penitence:
George Stearn Scott
Spoken parts:Servant to Don Antonio:
Hedley Briggs
Lopez servant to Don Ferdinand:
Rollo Gamble
Maid to Donna Louisa:
Maureen Springer
Source: Radio Times

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