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Der Turm

on BBC Radio 3

Opera in two acts Libretto by HANS KELLER Music by Josef Tal A tale which suggests that the human race can never unite through its diverse languages, but only through the universal language of music. The first production by the KASSEL STATE THEATRE from the 1987 Berlin Festival. OTFRID NIES (violin) JURGEN KLEIN (violin) MARTIN STRAAKHOLDER (viola) WOLFRAM GEIS (cello) CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE KASSEL STATE THEATRE conducted by ADAM FISCHER (RIAS Berlin recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hans Keller
Music By:
Josef Tal
Violin:
Jurgen Klein
Conducted By:
Adam Fischer
Chairman/Guest B/Lawyer:
Janos Korda (tenor)
American minister/Catholic father:
William OBErholtzer (baritone)
German minister/Scholar/Composer:
Rene Claassen (tenor)
English minister/Young lady:
Marianne Larsen (soprano)
Voice/Young man/Architect:
Alexander Stevenson (tenor)
Her:
Aviva Orvath (soprano)
Him:
Ferdinand Hall (tenor)
Boy:
Christian Platzer (spoken Role)
Housekeeper:
Trude SchumacHer
Guest A/Jewish father:
Manfred Volz (baritone)
Guest C/Administrator:
Werner Franz (bass)
Man/Jailer:
Manfred Maas (spoken Role)
Rabbi/ Commander/Director:
Dieter Honig (bass)
Girl:
Jeanette Favaro (soprano)
Youth/Burglar:
Christian Hees (tenor)
Writer:
Martha Sharp (soprano)
Artist:
Walker Wyatt (baritone)

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