A musical novel of Paris in five scenes
Words and music by Gustave Charpentier
Cast, in order of singing:
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Chorus-Master, John Clements )
BBC Theatre Orchestra (Leader, Alfred Barker )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson Translation for broadcasting and production by Humphrey Procter-Gregg
Répétiteur, Leo Wurmser
(Marion Lowe broadcasts by arrangement with Sadler's Wells; Robert Sydney , by permission of the Carl Rosa Opera Company)
Scene 1: A working-man's top-floor flat near Montmartre
Scene 2: Thoroughfare below Montmartre
Scene 3: Dressmaker's workroom