Directed by Philip Martell from the Commodore Theatre,
Hammersmith
From Donizetti's 'Don Pasquale ':
Members of the Scala Orchestra
Milan, conducted by Carlo Sabajno : Overture
Lotte Schone (soprano),
Willi Domgraf Fassbander (baritone): Pronta io son (Act I)
Tito Schipa (tenor) and Chorus of the Scala, Milan Com'e e gentil (Act III)
Prom Verdi's ' Ballo in Maschera':
Berlin State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Weissmann: Overture,
Tino Pattiera (tenor): Di tu se fedele (Act I)
Elisabeth Rethberg (soprano): Ma dall' arido stelo divulsa (Act II)
Riccardo Stracciari (baritone) : Eri tu, chc macchiari (Act II)
Elisabeth Rethberg (soprano):
Morro, Ma prima tu grazia (Act III)
from the Houldsworth Hall ,
Manchester
The Hirsch String Quartet:
Leonard Hirsch (first violin) ; Reginald Stead ;
Sydney Errington (viola); Leonard Baker
(violoncello)
from Claridge's Hotel
Cymbalom solo played by Istvan Lukacs