Opera in three acts Music by RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Libretto by BEVERLEY CROSS after the novel by Joseph Conrad (Commissioned by the Friends of Covent Garden)
From the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
(first broadcast performance) Cast in order of singing:
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE leader CHARLES TAYLOR conducted by EDWARD DOWNES Produced by COLIN GRAHAM
The action takes place in the Dutch East Indies in .1895 Act 1 The courtyard of Schomberg's hotel in Surabaya