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Romanl Opens

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The first of four opera broadcasts marking the bicentenary of the birth of the librettist FEUCE romani. Beatrice diTenda Opera in two acts Music by Bellini
(sung in Italian): Records
AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS
LSO/RICHARD BONYNGE
The action takes place in the Castle of Binasco in 1418. Act
8.45* The Bother with Beatrice The first of four readings from EMILIA ROMANI 'S biography of her husband Felice, Bellini's librettist for Beatrice di Tenda. Translated from the Italian by GRAHAM FAWCETT and read by Diana Olsson
Producer JOHN THEOCHARIS
8.50* Act 2
(Donizetti's 'L'Elisir d'Amore'next Sunday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Bonynge
Unknown:
Emilia Romani
Unknown:
Graham Fawcett
Read By:
Diana Olsson
Producer:
John Theocharis
Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan:
Corneuus Opthof (baritone)
Agnese del Maino, loved by Filippo, secretly in love with Orombello:
Josephine Veasey(mezzo-Soprano)
Orombello, Lord of Ventimiglia, in love with Beatrice:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Beatrice di Tenda, Filippo's wife:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Rizzardo del Maino, Agnese'sbrother and Filippo's confidant/Anichino, a friend of Orombello:
Joseph Ward (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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