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The Gambler

on BBC Radio 3

Opera in four acts and six scenes by Prokofiev Libretto, based on the novel by DOSTOEVSKY. by THE COMPOSER
English translation by RITA MCALLISTER and DAVID POUNTNEY
The English National
Opera production direct from the London Coliseum
The story of Alexey, a young Russian tutor who. in an attempt to save the girl he loves, loses his money, the girl, and his soul, at the roulette tables.
Other parts sung by MOIRA CLARK , GLORIA CRANE (SOpS) SHELAGH SQUIRES ,
JEAN RIGBY , ELIZABETH BOORMAN (mezzo-sops),
TERRY JENKINS , GARRY SUTCLIFFE , STUART KALE ,
TOM EMLYN-WILLIAMS , EDWARD BYLES.
NEVILLE GRIFFITHS. JOSEPH RIORDAN (tenors), MALCOLM RIVERS , ROGER BECLEY , LEIGH MAURICE , PAUL NAPIER-BURROWS (baritones), MARK RICHARDSON , ANTHONY CUNNINGHAM , RICHARD ANGAS , PETER KESTNER ,
CORDON TRAYNER (basses) English National Opera Chorus chorus-master LESLIE PYSON English National Opera Orchestra leader EDMUND REID conducted by Christian Badea Acts 1 and 2

Contributors

Translation By:
Rita McAllister
Translation By:
David Pountney
Sung By:
Moira Clark
Sung By:
Gloria Crane
Unknown:
Shelagh Squires
Unknown:
Jean Rigby
Unknown:
Elizabeth Boorman
Unknown:
Terry Jenkins
Unknown:
Garry Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Stuart Kale
Unknown:
Tom Emlyn-Williams
Unknown:
Edward Byles.
Unknown:
Neville Griffiths.
Tenors:
Joseph Riordan
Tenors:
Malcolm Rivers
Tenors:
Roger Becley
Tenors:
Leigh Maurice
Baritones:
Paul Napier-Burrows
Baritones:
Mark Richardson
Baritones:
Anthony Cunningham
Baritones:
Richard Angas
Baritones:
Peter Kestner
Basses:
Cordon Trayner
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Pyson
Leader:
Edmund Reid
Conducted By:
Christian Badea

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