Music drama in a prelude and three acts by Wagner
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
(Chorus-Master, Vittore Veneziani)
Conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler (This recording of a performance on April 2 at La Scala, Milan, has been made available by courtesy of Radio Italiana. Turin)
Prelude
The Valkyries' Rock
Act 1
Hall of the Gibichungs on the Rhine The Valkyries' Rock
Extracts from
' Le Gnand Testament '
Translated by Norman Cameron
Read by John, Laurie, ALan Wheatley
Grizeldia Hervey , Gladys Young -
Production by D. G. Bridson
Act 2
In front of the hall of the Gibichungs
Talk by Ian A. Richmond , F.S.A., Professor of Roman - British
Archaeology at Kirg's College, Newcastle upon Tyne
The worship of the god Mithras was widely diffused through the Roman world by the third century A-D. In Britain the cult was known on Hadrian's Wall, and in 1822 a Mithraic chapel was found at Housesteads, near Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1949 a new shrine was seen near Carrawburgh, and last year this was fully investigated. Professor Richmond describes what was found and discusses its relation to the Milhraic cult.
A wooded place on the Rhine The hall of the Gibichungs Martin Cooper on ' The Ring' as a Political Myth: tomorrow at 10.55 followed by an interlude at 11.15
4-Language and Science by Henbert Dingle ,
Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at University College, London
' The Poetic Approach ': January 10
Gaspard de la nuit:
Ondine; Le gibet; Scarbo played by Walter Gieseking (piano) on gramophone records
