Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,730 playable programmes from the BBC

by Andre Gide
Translated by Rayner Heppenstall
Music by Henri Sauguet directed by John Hotchkis
Produced by Rayner Heppenstall

Contributors

Unknown:
Andre Gide
Translated By:
Rayner Heppenstall
Music By:
Henri Sauguet
Directed By:
John Hotchkis
Produced By:
Rayner Heppenstall
The Prodigal:
Robert Eddison
His Father:
Carleton Hobbs
His Elder Brother:
Howieson Culff
His Mother:
Betty Hardy
His Younger Brother:
Marjorie Westbury
The Narrator:
Jill Balcon

Opera in four acts and six tableaux
Words and music by Hector Berlioz
Cast in order of singing: [see below]

Ensemble Vocal de Paris
(Chorus-Master, Andre Jouve)
Orchestra of the Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
Conducted by Hermann Scherchen

Scene: Carthage in legendary times

In the gardens of Dido's palace

Contributors

Words and music:
Hector Berlioz
Conducted By:
Hermann Scherchen
Dido, Queen of Carthage:
Arda Mandikian
Anna, sister of Dido:
Jeannine Collard
lopas, a Tyrian poet:
Andre Dran
Ascanius, son of Aeneas:
Micheline Rolle
Pantheus a Trojan priest:
Georges Abdoun
Narbal, Dido's adviser:
Xavier Depraz
Aeneas, a Trojan hero:
Jean Giraudeau
Hylas, a young Phrygian sailor:
Bernard Gallet
First soldier:
Georges Abdoun
Second soldier:
Jean Cazin
The ghosts of Cassandra, Coroebus, Hector, and Priam; the god Mercury; Carthaginians; Trojan warriors; priests; attendants; huntsmen:
[artists uncredited]

Third Programme

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