(The Man Tom in Two)
The first UK broadcast of Gottfried von Einem 's sparkling comic opera.
Libretto by BORIS BLACHER after the play by JOHANN NESTROY.
A fast-moving Viennese farce involving rival lovers, disguises, mistaken identities and the inevitable happy ending. (sung in German)
AUSTRIAN RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA/CARLOS KALMAR
(Given on 12 January in the Grosser Saal of the Vienna Konzerthaus) (Austrian Radio recording)