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If any side can claim to have adapted their skills to the specialist demands of the new League it must be Essex. Despite possessing one of the smaller playing staffs amongst the counties, their application took them to a well-merited third place in the League last year. This season, under the continuing skilled captaincy of Brian Taylor and with knockout specialists Keith Boyce (who was the first winner of the BBC2 Fastest Fifty award) and Robin Hobbs to call upon, they should again be one of the more successful sides in the competition.
During today's tea interval at approximately 4.0 pm, Lord's Taverner John Arlott reads a selection of his own writings on Somerset cricket.
Frank Bough introduces the programme, which includes news of all today's other fixtures: Middlesex v Glamorgan, Kent v Lancashire, Leicestershire v Sussex, Northamptonshire v Hampshire, Worcestershire v Surrey

Contributors

Captain (Essex):
Brian Taylor
Cricketer (Essex):
Keith Boyce
Cricketer (Essex):
Robin Hobbs
Reader/Commentator at The County Ground, Taunton:
John Arlott
Commentator at The County Ground, Taunton:
Jim Laker
Presenter:
Frank Bough
Television Presentation:
Bob Duncan
Television Presentation:
John Norman
Series Producer:
Alan Mouncer

The best of the week's newsfilm from all over the world, together with other subjects of interest. Tor the deaf and hard of hearing a commentary appears visually
and Weather

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Dougall
Producer:
Bill Northwood

An opera in three acts by Mozart
Conducted by Benjamin Britten
Cast in order of singing:
English Opera Group Chorus
English Chamber Orchestra
Leader Kenneth Sillito
Continuo:
Viola Tunnard (harpsichord), Bernard Richards (cello), Adrian Beers (double bass)
An English Opera Group production
Introduced by John Warrack

Idomeneo is a story of human emotion set in Crete at the time of the Trojan Wars. The King of Crete is returning victorious. To propitiate Neptune he has sworn to sacrifice the first man he encounters on the shore. Among the Trojan prisoners he sent ahead was Ilia, daughter of the King of Troy.
Act 1
Ilia is in love with Idamante, who she is sure loves Elektra. But Idamante shows his feeling for Ilia by releasing the other Trojans. Arbace announces that Idomeneo has been shipwrecked. Elektra is convinced that Idomeneo would never allow his son to marry a Trojan. Idomeneo comes ashore and fails to recognise his son. When he does he is appalled by the significance of his promise of a human sacrifice to Neptune. He urges Idamante to flee.
Act 2
Idomeneo tells Arbace of his dilemma, who suggests that Idamante should escort Elektra to Greece. She is overjoyed at the prospect of having Idamante to herself but as they are about to embark Neptune sends a sea monster in revenge for the lack of a sacrifice.
Act 3
Ilia, believing Idamante to have gone, prays for his safe journey. But he returns, determined to slay the monster. They admit their love but are joined by an angry Elektra and Idomeneo, who urges his son to leave. Arbace announces that a plague has struck the city and the priests are determined that the sacrifice be made. Idamante, having killed the monster, offers himself as a sacrifice. Ilia tries to take his
place but is saved by Neptune, who orders Idomeneo to abdicate and let his son become king with Ilia as queen.

There will be a short interval at 8.17* and at 9.5*

Contributors

Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Text:
Giambattista Varesco
English version by:
M. Radford
English version by:
E. Radford
Conductor:
Benjamin Britten
Singers:
English Opera Group Chorus
Musicians:
English Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Kenneth Sillito
Harpsichordist:
Viola Tunnard
Cellist:
Bernard Richards
Double bassist:
Adrian Beers
Associate Conductor:
Steuart Bedford
Costumes and frieze:
David Collis
Lighting:
Hugh Cartwright
Sound:
Graham Haines
Designer:
David Myerscough-Jones
Producer:
Colin Graham
Director:
Brian Large
Presenter:
John Warrack
Ilia, daughter of Priam, King of Troy:
Heather Harper
Idamante, son of Idomeneo, King of Crete:
Anne Pashley
Elektra, daughter of Agamemnon, King of Argos:
Rae Woodland
Arbace, counsellor to Idomeneo:
Robert Tear
Idomeneo, King of Crete:
Peter Pears
Neptune:
Anthony Williams
High Priest of Neptune:
Paul Nemeer

Introduced by Tony Bilbow with Philip Jenkinson
This week's guest: Marcello Mastroianni on location in Surrey for The Voyeur, and whose latest film Leo the Last is Britain's entry in this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony Bilbow
Presenter:
Philip Jenkinson
Guest:
Marcello Mastroianni
Production:
Barry Brown
Editor:
Rowan Ayers

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