Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 273,499 playable programmes from the BBC

The Royal Carl Rosa Opera
Company
Conductor, Keith Douglas from the Prince of Wales Theatre,
Birmingham Act 1 Butterfly's House in Nagasaki

Contributors

Unknown:
Carl Rosa
Conductor:
Keith Douglas
Lieut Pinkerton:
John Torney
Goro:
Gwilym Jones
Suzuki:
Betty Thompson
Sharpless:
Leyland White
Butterfly (Cho-Cho-San):
Helen Ogilvie
Imperial Commissioner:
Norman Jones
Official Registrar:
William Lewis
The Bonze:
Howell Glynne
Yamadori:
George Hancock
Kate Pinkerton:
Viola Hogg

Act 3: Inside the house next morning
This broadcast will give the complete opera as performed on the stage of the Prince of Wades Theatre, Birmingham. Two of the cast, John Torney , who plays the part of Pinkerton, and George Hancock , who is Yamadori, sang in ' Puccini, the Man and his Music ', presented on Monday (Regional) and Tuesday (National). Puccini enthusiasts all over the country, therefore, will have an excellent week, for Act I of La Bohème is also being broadcast this evening.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Torney
Unknown:
George Hancock

Regional Programme Midland

About Regional Programme

Regional 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.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More