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Die Entfuhrung 0 aus dem Serail
An opera in three acts
Libretto by STEPHANIE after the play by Bretzner
Dialogue revised by Fritz Spiegi Music by Mozart sunGin German
Cast in order of singing:
Officers, guards and slaves in the Pasha's service, ladies of the harem
GLYNDEEOURNE FESTIVAL CHORUS Under the direction of Myer Fredman
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Leader, Rodney Friend
Conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD
Head of Music Staff and Preparation, JANI STRASSER
Original production by Franco Enriquez
The action takes place on the coast of Turkey
ACT 1
Tho garden of Pasha Selim 's country palace
3.46* First Interval
3.56* ACT 2
Scene 1 The garden of the palace harem
Scene 2 The garden of the palace
4.58* Second Interval
5.8* Act 3
Scene 1 Outside Constanze's apartments in the harem
Scene 2 A prison
Scene 3 The Pasha Selim 's Court
Concert performance of the 1968 Glyndebourne Festival production
Broadcast on Aug. 5. 1968 (Radio 4)
Next programme, Don Giovanni (Mozart): Feb. 27
During the Intervals
BACH
Organ music played by DERRICK CANTRELL
From Manchester Cathedral
First interval (at 3.46')
Fugue in G minor (S.578)
Chorale Prelude on Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter (S.650)
Second interval (at 4.59*)
Chorale Prelude on Ach bleib' bel uns, Herr Jesu Christ (S.649)
Fugue on the Magnificat (S.733)

Contributors

Unknown:
Fritz Spiegi
Conducted By:
John Pritchard
Unknown:
Jani Strasser
Production By:
Franco Enriquez
Unknown:
Pasha Selim
Unknown:
Pasha Selim
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Played By:
Derrick Cantrell
Unknown:
Herr Jesu Christ

Two talks in which
RICHARD BEBB considers eighty years of dramatic performances on record
2: The Tragedians of the City With the voices of SIRHENRY IRVING SARAH BERNHARDT TOMASSO SALVINI ALEXANDER Moissi
SIR JOHNSTON FORBES-ROBERTSON SIR JOHN GIELGUD
How does one define great acting? Why is it that a performance recorded more than fifty years ago can still move us? Richard Bebb , collector of early recordings and a professional actor, attempts to analyse some of the factors which go to make great performances. Produced by Bennett Maxwell
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Sirhenry Irving Sarah Bernhardt
Unknown:
Tomasso Salvini
Unknown:
Alexander Moissi
Unknown:
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Unknown:
Sir John Gielgud
Unknown:
Richard Bebb
Produced By:
Bennett Maxwell

by Nesta Pain based on MARY KINGSLEY'S autobiographical writings
with Dorothy Tutin
Mary Kingsley was a conventional woman of Victorian England who transformed herself, when already In her thirties, into an intrepid traveller and the friend and familiar of cannibal tribes.
Produced by NESTA PAIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Kingsley
Unknown:
Dorothy Tutin
Producer:
Nesta Pain

Mozart
Sonata In C major (K.521)
10.5* Wolf
Songs of Hatem and Suleika
(Goethe: Westostlicher Divan)
Ntcht Gelegenhelt macht Diebe Hochbegliickt in deiner Lfebe
Als lch auf dem Euphrat schiffte Dies zu deuten bin erbbtig
Hatt' lch lrgend wohl Bedenken? Komm, Liebcnen. komm
Wie sollf ich heiter bleiben7 Wenn ich dein gedenke
Locken, haltet mich gefangen Nimmer will ich dicb verlieren
10.25* Schubert
Marche caracteristique In C major (D.886 No. 1)
March in memory of Tsar Alexander I (D .859)
Marche caracteristique In C major (D.886 No. 2)
JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
BARRY McDANIEL (baritone) ERNEST Lush (piano)
EDEN AND Tamir (piano duet)
Songs broadcast on July 21. 1965; duets on November 25. 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
Ntcht Gelegenhelt
Unknown:
Diebe Hochbegliickt
Unknown:
Tsar Alexander
Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet Baker
Baritone:
Barry McDaniel

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