Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,124 playable programmes from the BBC

Opera in Mozart's Time

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Julian Budden introduces six operas by Mozart and his contemporaries, starting with a pluck double-bill w einesi (The Chinese Women)
Opera in one act (1754) Libretto by METASTASIO
(sung in Italian) (contralto) (soprano) (contralto)(tenor)
8.30* Echo etNarcisse
Drame-lyrique in a prologue and three acts (1779)
Text by BARON VON TSCHUDI
(sung in French)
Her friends: (contralto) (soprano) (tenor)
CONCERTO COLOGNE conducted by RENÉ JACOBS
[Stuttgart Radio recordings from the 1987 Schwetzingen Festival)
(Sacchini's 'L'isola d'amore' on Wednesday at 7. 30pm) ● HEAR THIS! page 20

Contributors

Introduces:
Julian Budden
Unknown:
Baron von Tschudi
LisInga, a Chinese noblewoman:
Christina Högman
Her friends: Sivene:
Sophie Boulin
Tangia:
Eva Maria Tersson
Silango, her brother, justreturned from Europe:
Kurt Streit
Amor:
Deborah Massell (soprano)
Echo:
Sophie Boulin (soprano)
Aglaye:
Christina Högman
Egle:
Gertrud Hoffsted
Narcissus:
Kurt Streit (tenor)
His friend, Cynirus:
Peter Galljard
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More