ou Le chateau d'amour Opera in one act
Libretto by THEAULON and DE RANCE
Music by Franz Liszt edited by Guy Woolfenden (sung in French)
Liszt was three days short of his 14th birthday when his only opera was first performed on 17 October 1825, but he grasped the opportunities this conventional tale of courtly love provided for music, expressing every passion with astounding assurance, inventiveness and wit.
SCOTTISH OPERA CHORUS chorus-master IAN ROBERTSON BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA leader GEOFFREY TRABICHOFF conducted by GUY WOOLFENDEN French coach JEANNE HENNY Repetiteur IAIN LEDINGHAM
Technical presentation TONY KIME Producer CHRIS DE SOUZA (R)