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THE BIRTH OF AN OPERA

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

' Falstaff '
An illustrated study of Verdi's old age by Hanns Hammelmann and Michael Rose
Readings by Scot
Finch Garard Green , Betty Linton
James McKechnie , Norman Shelley
Narration by John Glen
Musical illustrations from gramophone records of 'Otello' and ' Falstaff ' conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Production by Christopher Sykes
(A new version of the Third Programme broadcast of August 1956)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hanns Hammelmann
Unknown:
Michael Rose
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Finch Garard Green
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Betty Linton
Unknown:
James McKechnie
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Norman Shelley
Unknown:
John Glen
Conducted By:
Arturo Toscanini
Production By:
Christopher Sykes
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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