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An opera for radio.
Libretto by Patric Dickinson.
Music by Alan Ridout (first performance)

The story of Phaeton, son of Apollo and Klymene, who threatens the ecology of the earth by driving the chariot of the sun.

With voices from the BBC Repertory Company
Memebers of the Philomusica of London, leader John Willison
Levine Andrade (viola)
Repetiteur Richard Nunn
Conducted by Elgar Howarth

(Stereo)

Contributors

Libretto:
Patric Dickinson
Music:
Alan Ridout
Musicians:
Members of the Philomusica of London
Leader:
John Willison
Violaist:
Levine Andrade
Repetiteur:
Richard Nunn
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth
Stereo sound:
Margaret Steven
Special sound:
Malcolm Clark of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced and directed by:
Hallam Tennyson
Produced and directed by:
Elaine Padmore
Klymene, a water-nymph:
Maureen Lehane (mezzo-sop)
Apollo, God of the Sun:
Neil Howlett (baritone)
Phaeton:
James Bowman (counter-tenor)
Epaphos, son of Zeus:
Tom McDonnell (baritone)
Akanthos, doorkeeper of the Palace:
John Tomlinson (bass)
Tethys:
Jean Allister (contralto)
Four stable-lads, four willow trees:
Members of BBC Singers
Voices from:
The BBC Repertory Company

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