Ervin Laszlo (piano)

A mythological farce adapted by George D. Painter and Ernest Watkins from the story by Andre Gide
Produced by Michael Bakewell
(The recorded broadcast of June 11)

Opera in five acts
Libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck
Music by Debussy sung in French: on records
Cast in order of singing:
Elisabeth Brasseur Choir
Lamoureux Orchestra
Conducted BY JEAN FOURNET
The time and place arc legendary
Acr I
Scene 1: A forest
Scene 2: A room in the castle
Scene 3: Before the castle
Act 2
Scene 1 : By a spring in the park
Scene 2: A room in the castle
Scene 3: Before a cave
Act 3
Scene 1: One of the castle towers
Scene 2: The castle vaults
Scene 3: A terrace by the entrance to the vaults
Scene 4: Before the cattle

by C. H. M. Waldock
Professor of International Law in the University of Oxford
The crisis of last year raised many questions of right as well as policy. Professor Waldock gives the view of an international lawyer.

Act 4
Scenes 1 and 2: A room in the castle
Scenes 3 and 4: By a spring in the park
Act 5
A room in the castle

Frederick Woods introduces a selection of his poems
Read by Denis McCarthy

The Jacobean Ensemble:
Neville Marriner (violin)
Peter Gibbs (violin)
Desmond Dupre (viola da gamba)
Thurston Dart
(organ and harpsichord)