Macbeth
Opera in four acts. Libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE
(sung in Italian). The original 1847 version. Edition prepared by GEORGE BADACSONYI
BBC SINGERS chorus-master GORDON KEMBER director JOHN POOLE
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader JOHN BRADBURY conducted by JOHN MATHESON Répétiteur ALEXA MAXWELL Coach GEORGE BADACSONYI Italian coach GWYN MORRIS Technical presentation by MARGARET STEVEN
Producer GORDON STEWART Acts 1 and 2 3.20* Julian Budden on Macbeth
3.25* Acts 3 and 4 "But I hai'e dream 'd a dreary dream
Beyvnd the Isle of Sky;
/.saw a dead man win a fight. And I think that man waul I"