by A. W. Dodd
Ednted and produced by E. J. Kine Bull

Opera in five acts
Libretto by Scribe and Duveyrier Music by Verdi
(Continued in next column)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Florence ' Musical May ' Festival (Chorus-Master, Andrea Morosini )
Conducted by Erich Kleiber
(This recording of a performance given in Florenrce last May has been-made available bv courtesy of Radio Italian)
I Vespri Siciliani was produced at the Paris Opera during the Exhibition of 1855, but for all its auspicious beginning it was never greatly successful as a whole. Its theme is the massacre of the French invaders of Sicily, who were murdered during Vespers at Eastertide, 1282.
Act.
The great square of Palermo
Act 2
A valley outside the city

A series of talks suggested by the South Bank Exhibition
4-The Economics of Design by Bernard Hollowood
Bernard Hollowood , economist and student of industrial design, has recently made an investigation into the pan played by design in British industries today.
To be repeated on August 1
Next talk: August 4

Act 3
Sc. 1: A room in Monforte's palace
Sc. 2: The ballroom of the palace

Richard Murphy talks about the decline of storytellinig in poetry and suggests ways in which the narrative poem could be written today

Act 4
The courtyard of a fortress
Act 5
The palace gardens

Monthly reports on the arts, science. and politics a.broad
Including a talk by Ortegay Gasset
The reports compiled by Alan Pryce-Jones

Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 57
(Appassionata) played by Iso Elinsoi