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BBC Proms 2003: King Priam

on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
This Proms season's theme of Greek myths opens with Michael Tippett's tragic opera about the Trojan king whose decision to re-adopt his abandoned son Paris leads to his own death and the ruin of all Troy. Presented by Sarah Walker.

BBC Singers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor David Atherton

Act 1

Contributors

Presenter:
Sarah Walker
Composer:
Michael Tippett
Singers:
BBC Singers
Musicians:
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor:
David Atherton
Priam:
David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone)
Hecuba/Athene:
Elizabeth Connell (soprano)
Andromache/Hera:
Susan Bickley (mezzo)
Helen/Aphrodite:
Susan Parry (mezzo)
Paris:
Marcel Reijans (tenor)
Hector:
William Dazeley (baritone)
Achilles:
Martyn Hill (tenor)
Patroclus:
Stephen Roberts (baritone)
Hermes:
Timothy Robinson (tenor)
Nurse:
Christine Rice (mezzo)
Young Guard:
Christopher Gillett (tenor)
Old Man:
Stephen Richardson (bass)
Paris, a boy:
James Eager (treble)

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