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Bernstein Season: Wonderful Town
A concert performance of Bernstein's stylish Broadway musical Wonderful Town from the BBC Proms in 1999. The witty story centres on two sisters from Ohio, Ruth and Eileen, who come to the "Big Apple" in search of fame and fortune. Presented by Tommy Pearson with Bernstein's biographer Humphrey Burton.
London Voices, Birmingham Contemporary
Music Group, conductor Simon Rattle Revised Humphrey Burton on Bernstein: page 121

Contributors

Presented By:
Tommy Pearson
Unknown:
Humphrey Burton.
Unknown:
Humphrey Burton
Ruth:
Kim Criswell (soprano)
Eileen:
Audra McDonald (soprano)
Robert Baker:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Wreck:
Brent Barrett (tenor)
Guide/First Associate Editor/Frank Lippencott:
Rodney Gilfry(baritone)
Second Associate Editor/Chick Clark:
Karl Morgan Daymond (baritone)
Lonigan:
Timothy Robinson (tenor)
First Cop:
Robert Fardell (bass-Baritone)
Second Cop/Second Man:
Lynton Atkinson (tenor)
Third Cop/First Man/Cadet/Villager:
Michael Dore (bass)
First Woman:
Simone Sauphanor (soprano)
Second Woman:
Melanie Marshall (mezzo)
Vioiet:
Kimberly Cobb (soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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