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Excerpts from Massenet's Operas
' Herodiade ' and ' Le Cid '
Herodiade
Marise Beaujon (soprano), with Orchestra, conducted by M. Elie Cohen : II est doux, il est bon (He is good, he is kind), Scene 1, Act I
Germaine Cernay (mezzo-soprano), with orchestra, conducted by Henri Busser : Ne me refuse pas (Do not refuse me this), Scene 3, Act I '
M. Andreze (baritone), with Orchestra : Vision fugitive (Vision fair), Scene 5, Act II
M. Nargon (bass), with orchestra, conducted by Georges True : Astres etincelants (Stars, that so long have shown), Scene 8, Act III
Marise Beaujon (soprano), with Orchestra, conducted by M. Elie Cohen : Charme des jours passes (Ah ! bygone days so sweet), Scene 9, Act III
John Brownlee (baritone), with Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Col lingwood : Demande au prisonnnier (Go, ask the slave to set free), Scene 10, Act III
The New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Goossens : Ballet (The Phanicians), Scene 14, Act IV
Le Cid
Georges Thill (tenor), with orchestra : 0 noble lame étincelante (Adoration of the Sword), Scene 2, Act I
Jane Laval (soprano), with Orchestra, conducted by Henry Busser : Pleurcz mes yeux (Chimene's Lament), Scene 5, Act III
Georges Thill (tenor) : Ah ! tout est bien fini (Rodrigue's Prayer), Scene 7, Act III
M. Narçon (bass); with Orchestra, conducted by Mons. Szyfer : II a fait noblement ce que 1' honneur conseille (Don Diegue 's Aria), Scene 9, Act IV

Contributors

Conducted By:
M. Elie Cohen
Mezzo-Soprano:
Germaine Cernay
Conducted By:
Henri Busser
Baritone:
M. Andreze
Bass:
M. Nargon
Conducted By:
Georges True
Conducted By:
M. Elie Cohen
Baritone:
John Brownlee
Conducted By:
Lawrence Col
Conducted By:
Eugene Goossens
Soprano:
Jane Laval
Conducted By:
Henry Busser
Unknown:
Don Diegue

Leader, BERTRAM LEWIS
Conductor, RICHARD AUSTIN
Solo pianoforte,
HAROLD SAMUEL
Relayed from
The Pavilion, Bournemouth
Originally in one act, afterwards extended to two, Beatrice and Benedict was commissioned for the Baden Opera House, and produced there in August, 1862. Berlioz wrote both text and music, adapting parts of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. He went to Baden to superintend the final rehearsals and direct the first performances. ' To my mind, one of the liveliest and most original things I have ever done he :aid himself.

Contributors

Leader:
Bertram Lewis
Conductor:
Richard Austin
Pianoforte:
Harold Samuel

National Programme Daventry

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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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