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Der Opernball

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(The Opera Ball)
Operetta in three acts
Libretto based on VIKTOR LEON and H. VON WALDBURG 'S comedy The Pink Dominoes Music by Richard Heuberger (sung in German)
Nigel Douglas introduces the first UK broadcast of Heuberger's most famous operetta, in a performance from the Vienna Volksoper; and explains how Mesdames Beaubuisson and Aubier revenge themselves on their philandering husbands during the Paris carnival.
VIENNA VOLKSOPER ORCHESTRA conducted by elio BONCOMPAGNI Act
3.45* Interval Reading
3.55* Acts 2 and 3 (Austrian Radio recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Viktor Leon
Unknown:
H. von Waldburg
Music By:
Richard Heuberger
Introduces:
Nigel Douglas
Conducted By:
Elio Boncompagni
Source: Radio Times

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