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Opera in four acts
After the novel by the Abbé Prevost
Music by Puccini sung in Italian
Cast in order of singing:
Beaux, Abbes, citizens, students. prostitutes
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF the NATIONAL OPERA, MONTE CARLO Chorus-Master, Marcel Gay
Conducted by GEORGES SEBASTIAN
The action takes place in France and America during the eighteenth century.
Act 1 A public square In Amiens
Act 2 A room in Geronte's house tn
Paris
Intermezzo: The Imprisonment. The journey to Le Havre.
Act 3 Le Havre. A square near the harbour
Act 4 America. A prairie.
Recording made available by courtesy of Monte Carlo Radio

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Chorus-Master:
Monte Carlo
Conducted By:
Georges Sebastian
Source: Radio Times

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