A tragi-comedy by Henry Reed
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon
(Continued in next column)
The music arranged by Denis Stevens from Mantuan composers including
Frescobaldi, Gastoldi,
Merulo Monteverdi , Rossi, and de Wert
April Cantelo (soprano)
Desmond DuprS (lute)
Charles Spinks (harpsichord, organ)
The Ambrosian Singers
An Instrumental Ensemble
(led by Neville Marriner )
Directed by Denis Stevens
The time is the late Renaissance in Italy, between the years 1580 and 1612. The scenes are Mantua, Parma, Florence, Venice, and Colorno.

Contributors

Comedy By:: Henry Reed
Produced By:: Douglas Cleverdon
Arranged By:: Denis Stevens
Unknown:: Merulo Monteverdi
Soprano:: April Cantelo
Soprano:: Desmond Duprs
Harpsichord:: Charles Spinks
Unknown:: Neville Marriner
Directed By:: Denis Stevens
Vincenzo Gonzaga, Prince of Mantua:: Hugh Burden
The Duke of Mantua, his father:: Newton Blick
The Duchess, Leonora of Austria, his mother:: Mary O'Farrell
Barbara Sanseverino, Countess of Sala:: Margaretta Scott
Ippolita Torelli:: Rachel Gurney
Agnese del Caretto:: Barbara Couper
Adriana Basile:: Marjorie Westbury
Elena:: Molly Lawson
Margherita Farnese, Vincenzo's first wife:: Gwen Cherrell
Ranuccio, her brother (as a boy):: Glyn Dearman
Ranuccio (as a man):: Derek Hart
Carlo Borromeo:: Neville Hartley
Eleonora de' Medici, Vincenzo's second wife:: Barbara Lott
Francesco de' Medici, Eleonora's father:: Norman Shelley
Bianca Cappello, Francesco's second wife:: Gladys Young
Silvio Gonzaga:: D Bryer
Gianfrancesco Sanvitale:: Frank Duncan
Marcello Donati:: Robert Marsden
A Florentine Mother:: Cecile Chevreau

Source: Radio Times

22:45

REGER

Third Programme

Fri 13^th May 1955, 22:45 on Third Programme

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Quintet in A, Op. 146 played by the Melos Ensemble:
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Eli Goren (violin)
Ivor McMahon (violin) Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Terence Weil (cello)
Reger's Violin Sonata: May 20