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The Czarevitch

on BBC Radio 3

An operetta in three acts
Original book and lyrics (adapted from ZAPOLSKA-SCHARLITT) by HEINZ REICHERT and BELA JENBACH
English translation by ADAM CARSTAIRS
Music by Franz Lehar
This studio production In English is the first performance of the complete work in this country. It was first produced in 1927 in Berlin, starring Richard Tauber. for whom it was written. As in all his other operettas Lehar follows the Viennese tradition with Its emphasis on the waltz, but the work also contains some passionate and dramatic episodes comparable to the writing of Puccini.
The Prime Mlnister,GORDON FAITH MEMBERS OF THE BBC SINGERS AND BBC REPERTORY COMPANY BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE Producer ANTHONY PHILPOTT
(John Brecknock broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera)

Contributors

Unknown:
Heinz Reichert
Unknown:
Bela Jenbach
Translation By:
Adam Carstairs
Music By:
Franz Lehar
Unknown:
Richard Tauber.
Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence
Producer:
Anthony Philpott
Conductor:
John Brecknock

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