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Music drama in a prelude and three acts
(sung in German)
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson )
Covent Garden Orchestra (Leader, Charles Taylor )
CONDUCTED BY FRANZ KONWITSCHNY
From the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden
(by arrangement with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd)
PRELUDE: The Valkyries' Rock
ACT 1
Scene I: The hall of the Gibichungs on the Rhine
Scene 2: The Valkyries' Rock

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Douglas Robinson
Leader:
Charles Taylor
Conducted By:
Franz Konwitschny
Siegfried:
Wolfgang Windgassen
Gunther:
Hermann Uhde
Alberich:
Otakar Kraus
Hagen:
Gottlob Frick
Brtinnhilde:
Astrid Varnay
Gutrune:
Amy Shuard
Woglinde:
Joan Carlyle
Wellgunde:
Josephine Veasey
Flosshilde:
Marjorie Thomas
Waltraute:
Ursula Bose
First Norn:
Marjorie Thomas
Second Norn:
Monica Sinclair
Third Norn:
Amy Shuard

Poems selected and introduced by Allen Tate
The poets represented are
Isabella Gardner , Donald Justice W. S. Merwin , Howard Nemerov
W. D. Snodgrass , Reed Whittemore and James Wright
Readers:
Isabella Gardner , W. S. Merwin and Allen Tate
Produced by Louis MacNeice

Contributors

Introduced By:
Allen Tate
Unknown:
Isabella Gardner
Unknown:
Donald Justice
Unknown:
W. S. Merwin
Unknown:
Howard Nemerov
Unknown:
W. D. Snodgrass
Unknown:
Reed Whittemore
Readers:
James Wright
Readers:
Isabella Gardner
Readers:
W. S. Merwin
Readers:
Allen Tate
Produced By:
Louis MacNeice

Third Programme

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