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Les malheurs d'Orphee

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Chamber opera in three acts Words by ARMAND LUNEL Music by Milhaud (sung in French)
Orpheus is a French pharmacist and vet, Eurydice a gypsy girl who dies of an illness that even Orpheus cannot cure.
JANIS KELLY (soprano)
MARILYN DE BLIECK (mezzo-sop) SUSAN TYRRELL (contralto) NEIL JENKINS (tenor) JOHN HANCORN (bass) IAN COMBOY (bass) KOENIG ENSEMBLE leader PAUL BARRITT conducted by JAN LATHAMKOENIG (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Armand Lunel
Soprano:
Janis Kelly
Soprano:
Marilyn de Blieck
Contralto:
Susan Tyrrell
Tenor:
Neil Jenkins
Bass:
John Hancorn
Bass:
Ian Comboy
Leader:
Paul Barritt
Conducted By:
Jan Lathamkoenig
Orpheus:
Henry Herford (bar)
Eurydice:
Rosemary Hardy (sop)
Source: Radio Times

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