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Maria Padilla

BBC Radio 3
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Tragic opera in three acts Libretto by GAETANO ROSSI Music by Donizetti
(sung in Italian)(first broadcast performance in this country) direct from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Promised marriage by Don Pedro, Maria is thought to be living in sin. The shame of it drives her father mad. Happily the prince is a man of his word....
OPERA RARA CHORUS chorus-master
GEOFFREY MITCHELL BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA leader Richard LAYTON conducted by KENNETH MONTGOMERY
The action takes place in Castile towards the end of the 14th century. Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Gaetano Rossi
Chorus-Master:
Geoffrey Mitchell Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Leader:
Richard Layton
Conducted By:
Kenneth Montgomery
Source: Radio Times

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