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An opera in two acts
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Music by Mozart
(sung in the original Italian)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Peter Gellhorn)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Arthur Leavins)
Conducted by John Pritchard (who also plays the continuo)

Act I
Scene 1: Outside the Commendatore's house in a Spanish town. Night
Scene 2: A street. Morning
Scene 3: The garden entrance to Don Giovanni's castle
Scene 4: A room in Don Giovanni's castle
Scene 5: Don Giovanni's garden
Scene 6: The ballroom in Don Giovanni's castle

Contributors

Libretto:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Music:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chorus-Master:
Peter Gellhorn
Conductor/Continuo:
John Pritchard
Chief coach:
Jani Strasser
Producer:
Peter Ebert
Leporello, servant of Don Giovanni:
Geraint Evans
Donna Anna, betrothed to Don Ottavio:
Sena Jurinac
Don Giovanni, a Spanish nobleman:
Giuseppe Valdengo
The Commendatore, father of Donna Anna:
Hervey Alan
Don Ottavio:
Richard Lewis
Donna Elviro, a lady of Burgos, abandoned by Don Giovanni:
Lucine Amara
Zerlina, betrothed to Masetto:
Genevieve Warner
Masetto, a peasant:
Thomas Hemsley

Talk by Hugh Seton-Watson
Professor of Russian History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies
Mr. Seton-Watson discusses the problem of German unity: how this problem is aftected by Eastern Europe, and how Germany's relations with her eastern neighbours have been transformed by the changes that have taken place in the last ten years in Eastern Europe.

Contributors

Talk By:
Hugh Seton-Watson

The novel by Harold Acton
Adapted for radio and produced by Christopher Sykes
Others taking part:
Dorothy Black , Patience Collier Alexander Gauge. Olive Gregg Deryck Guyler. Carleton Hobbs
Julia Lang , Bryan Powley
Cyril Shaps , John Sharp
Roger Snowdon. Lewis Stringer
Ann Totten. Margot van der Burgh Marjorie Westbury , Ward Williams and Geoffrey Wincott
(Continued in next column)
Music composed and arranged by Norman Forber Kay played by a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra (Leader, Reginald Stead ) Conductor, John Hopkins

Contributors

Novel By:
Harold Acton
Produced By:
Christopher Sykes
Unknown:
Dorothy Black
Unknown:
Patience Collier
Unknown:
Alexander Gauge.
Unknown:
Olive Gregg
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler.
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Julia Lang
Unknown:
Bryan Powley
Unknown:
Cyril Shaps
Unknown:
John Sharp
Unknown:
Roger Snowdon.
Unknown:
Lewis Stringer
Unknown:
Ann Totten.
Unknown:
Margot van Der Burgh
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Ward Williams
Unknown:
Geoffrey Wincott
Arranged By:
Norman Forber Kay
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Narrator:
Norman Shelley
Prince Isidore:
Robert Eddison

Talk by Sybil Wingate
The writer today has abandoned the public themes of the thirties in favour of the private theme, of which the Victorians were the great masters. The speaker believes there is a danger that instead of making a critical use of the past we shall merely furnish a certain number of ivory towers with the fashionable Victorian mahogany.

Contributors

Talk By:
Sybil Wingate

Third Programme

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