Serate Musicali
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
Joan Gray (contralto)
Alexander Young (tenor) Norman Lumsden (bass)
Robert Keys (piano)
II rimprovero La serenata
La Gita in gondola
La pastorella delle Alpi L'orgia
La regata veneziana
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A verse play for radio
Written and produced by Terence Tiller
The music composed by Anthony Smith-Masters
The orchestra conducted by Patrick Savill with Martin Boddey , Frank Duncan Robert Farquharson , Deryck Guyler
Anthony Jacobs , David Page
David Spenser , Neil Tuson
Geoffrey Wincott
The Tower of Hunger (La Torre della Fame) was the prison where Count Ugolino, former overlord of Pisa, died with his sons and grandsons in March 1289.
Terence Tiller writes on page 5
An opera in two acts
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Music by Mozart
(sung in Italian)
Cast in order of singing:
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of N.W.D.R., Hamburg
(Chorus-Master, Max Thurn ) Conductor, Leopold Ludwig
Scene: A.Spanish town
Actl Sc. 1: Outside the Commendatore s house: Night
Sc. 2: A street. Morning
Sc. 3: Garden entrance to Don Giovanni's castle
Sc.4: In Don Giovanni's castle Sc. 5: Don Giovanni's garden
Sc. 6: A ballroom in Don Giovanni'! castle
Talk by J. D. Rheinallt Jones
J. D. Rheinallt Jones, President of the South Afncan Institute of Race Relations, reviews the recently published book ' The Choice Before South Africa ' by E. S. Sachs , and comments on what he sees as a conflict between the Apartheid policy and the country's economic needs.
Act 2
Sc. 1: Outside Donna Elvira's lodging Sc. 2: A courtyard in Donna Anna's house
Sc. 3: A cemetery
Sc. 4: A room in Donna Anna's house Sc. 5: Don Giovanni's supper-room
Short story by Dorothy Parker
Read by Barbara Kelly
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 2)
Sextet in D, Op. 110 played by the Robert Masters Piano Quartet
Kenneth Essex (viola)
J. Edward Merrett (double-bass)
(The recorded broadcast of July 19)
Talk by Alfred Guillaume