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A studio performance of the music drama by Delius after the novel by Gottfried Keller
Frederick Sharp (broadcasts by arrangement with Sadler's Wells)
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Chorus-Master, John Clements )
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Oscar Lampe )
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham. Bt.
The action of the opera takes place at Seldwyla, Switzerland, in the middle of the nineteenth century
Part 1
Scene 1: A hillside at the junction of the farmers' fields
Scene 2: Outside Marti's house, six years later
Scene 3: The overgrown land in the hills

Contributors

Novel By:
Gottfried Keller
Unknown:
Frederick Sharp
Chorus-Master:
John Clements
Leader:
Oscar Lampe
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham.
Rich farmers:Manz:
Fabian Smith
Marti:
Frederick Sharp
Sali, son of Manz (as a boy):
Sybil 'Hambleton
Sali (as a young man):
Rene Soames
Vreli, daughter of Marti (as a child):
Marion Davies
Vrell (as a young girl):
Vera Terry
The Dark Fiddler:
Gordon Clinton
Gingerbread woman:
Marion Davies
Wheel-of-fortune woman:
Sylvia Patriss
Showman:
Lloyd Strauss Smith
Merry-go-round man:
Donald Munro
Shooting-gallery man:
Scott Joynt
Cheap-jewellery woman:
Gwladys Garside
The slim girl:
Marion Davies
The wild girl:
Gwladys Garside
The poor horn-player:
Lloyd Strauss Smith
The hunchbacked bass-fiddler:
Philip Hattey

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