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'ABU HASSAN'

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Comic opera in one act
Music by Weber
English version by David Harris
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Chorus-Master, John Clements )
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Produced by C. Denis Freeman
The action takes place in Abu al-Hasan's apartment in the precincts of the Royal Palace at Baghdad

Contributors

Music By:
Weber
Unknown:
David Harris
Chorus-Master:
John Clements
Leader:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
C. Denis Freeman
Abu al-Hasan, favourite of the Caliph:
Jan van Der Gucht
Sugarcane his wife, favourite of theSultana:
Elsie Morison
Omar. a money-lender, infatuated with Sugarcane:
Martin Lawrence
Speaking parts: The Caliph, Harun ai-Rashid:
Eric Berry
Speaking parts: Zubaidah his wife, the Sultana:
Helen Goss
Speaking parts: Masrur, the Caliph's treasurer:
Michael Ward
Speaking parts: Zemrud Zubaidah's confidential nurse:
Doris Rogers
Source: Radio Times

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