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Adriana Lecouvreur

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Opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea
Libretto by ARTURO COLAUTTI based on the play by EUGÈNE SCRIBE and ERNEST LEGOUVÉ English version by PERCY PINKERTON adapted by NORMAN TUCKER
A majordomo.Leslie FRY (tenor) BBC CHORUS
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by ALBERTO EREDE Repetiteurs JOHN BACON and RICHARD NUNN
Producer JULIAN BUDDEN
(Given before an invited audience in the Camden Theatre. London, in October 1969)
(Elizabeth Bainbridge and Delme Bryn-Jones broadcast by permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Norman Welsby by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera) Acts 1 and 2 4.35* Talk: Angelo Notariello recalls memories of life at the Naples Conservatory under Francesco Cilea.
4.50' Adriana Lecouvreur Acts 3 and 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Francesco Cilea
Unknown:
Arturo Colautti
Play By:
Eugène Scribe
Play By:
Ernest Legouvé
Unknown:
Percy Pinkerton
Adapted By:
Norman Tucker
Conducted By:
Alberto Erede
Repetiteurs:
John Bacon
Repetiteurs:
Richard Nunn
Producer:
Julian Budden
Adrienne Lecouvreur of the Comédie Francaise:
Joan Carlyle (soprano)
Maurice, Count of Saxony:
Alberto Remedios (tenor)
The Prince of Bouillon:
David Gwynne (bass)
The Princess of Bouillon:
Elizabeth Bainbridge(mezzo-Sop)
The Abbé de Chazeuil:
Kenneth MacDonald (tenor)
Michonnet, stage director of the Comédie Francaise:
Delme Bryn-Jones (baritone)
Members of the Comedie Francaise M Quinault:
Norman Welsby (baritone)
M Poisson:
Gerald English (tenor)
Mile Jouvenot:
Patricia Clark (soprano)
Mile Dangeville:
Heather Begg (mezzo-Soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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