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'AIDA'

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on BBC Home Service Basic

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Opera by Verdi. Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. New English translation by H. Procter-Gregg
Priests, priestesses. Egyptian people. slaves, and Ethiopian prisoners
BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre
Orchestra : conductor, Stanford Robinson. Narrator, Dennis Arundell Scene : Memphis and Thebes, In the time of the Pharaohs

Contributors

Unknown:
Antonio Ghislanzoni.
Translation By:
H. Procter-Gregg
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson.
Narrator:
Dennis Arundell
The King of Egypt:
Kenneth Ellis
Amneris, his daughter:
Edith Coates
Aida, slave of Amneris:
Eva Turner
Radames Captain of the Guards:
Frank Titterton
Ramphis, Chief of the Priests:
Marian Zygmund
Amonasro King of Ethiopia and Aïda's father:
Tom Williams
Source: Radio Times

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