Conducted by PETER MONTGOMERY
MAIMIE MARTIN (soprano)
' Pomona goes to Ireland', a dialogue story by W. M. LETTS
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Director of Music, District Inspector
GEORGE C. FERGUSON
WALLACE McCREERY (bass)
WEBER'S opera Euryanthe contains some of his finest music, but it is now rarely performed. It was killed, almost from the first, by the weakness of its libretto, which is one of the worst in operatic history. But the overture, one of Weber's best, has always been a favourite in the concert hall. It begins with an impetuous introduction ; the subject matter that follows is taken from songs in the opera, two of the chief being sung by the hero. At one point listeners will remark an impressive silent pause; here the composer indicated that the curtain should rise and reveal a tableau serving as an unspoken prologue to the drama.
