from Glyndebourne is tonight's In Performance Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by CLEMENS KRAUSS
Elisabeth Söderström in Strauss's ' conversation piece for music' recorded at the 1976 Glyndebourne Festival (sung in German) and ROBIN LEGGATE , RICHARD ROBSON
NEIL MCKINNON , PAUL NEMEER ANTHONY SMITH , BONAVENTURA BOTTONE , PHILIP GRIFFITHS JOHN MICHAEL FLANAGAN Dancers
CAROL GRANT , ALEXANDER MILAW JONATHAN HINDEN (harpsichord) LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader DENNIS SIMONS conducted by Andrew Davis
Producer JOHN cox
Scenery DENNIS LENNON
Costume and furniture MARTIN BATTERSBY Choreographer PAULINE GRANT
English subtitles GILLIAN WIDDICOMBE Executive producer HUMPHREY BURTON TV presentation JOHN VERNON
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