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Beatrice Cenci
Berthold Goldschmidt 's s second opera, to a libretto by Martin Esslin after
Shelley's The Cenci, was a winner of the Arts Council opera competition for the Festival of Britain in 1951 - but was not performed. The story - a compelling tale of incest and murder - is based on real events in Renaissance Italy.
Beatrice .ROBERTA ALEXANDER (sop)
Berlin Radio Chorus
German Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Berlin, conductor
Lothar Zagrosek

Contributors

Unknown:
Beatrice Cenci
Unknown:
Berthold Goldschmidt
Unknown:
Martin Esslin
Count Francesco Cenci:
Simon Estes (bar)
Lucrezia:
Della Jones (mezzo)
Bernardo:
Fiona Kimm (mezzo)
Cardinal Camillo:
Peter Rose (bass)
Orsino:
Endrik Wottrich (tenor)
Judge:
John David Dehaan (tenor)
Singer:
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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