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('Der Sturm')
An opera in three acts based on Shakespeare's play
Music by Frank Martin
(sung in English)
BBC Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Producer, Dennis Arundell
Repetiteur, Vida Harford

Scene:
A ship at sea and an enchanted island

ACT 1

Contributors

Music:
Frank Martin
Leader:
Paul Beard
Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
Producer:
Dennis Arundell
Repetiteur:
Vida Harford
Alonso, King of Naples:
David Ward
Sebastain, his brother:
Raimund Herincx
Prospero, the right Duke of Milan:
John Cameron
Antonio, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan:
Lloyd Strauss-Smith
Ferdinand, son to the King of Naples:
William McAlpine
Gonzalo, an honest old counsellor:
Hervey Alan
Adrian, a lord:
Alfred Hallett
Caliban, a savage and deformed slave:
Martin Lawrence
Trinculo, a jester:
Hugues Cuenod
Stephano, a drunken butler:
Frederick Westcott
Boatswain:
John Noble
Shipmaster:
George Stearn Scott
Miranda, Prospero's daughter:
Elsie Morison
Three solo voices:
Pamela Petts
Three solo voices:
Evelyn Cuthill
Three solo voices:
Sybil Michelow

Third Programme

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