An opera in four acts
Libretto by Temistocle Solera
Music by Verdi
Sung in Italian
Babylonian soldiers, Hebrew soldiers, Levites, Hebrew maidens, Babylonian women, priests, officials
Chorus and Orchestra of VARA, Hilversum
Conducted by Fulvio Vernizzi
Recording of a performance broadcast in Holland and made available by courtesy of Stichting Nederlandsche Radio-Unie
Act 1 : Jerusalem
Inside the temple of Solomon
Act 2 : The Blasphemy
Scene 1: In the royal apartments in Babylon
Scene 2: A room in the palace

by Marianne Wain
Led urer in German to the University of Hull

ACT 3: The Prophecy
Scene 1: The hanging gardens of Babylon Scene 2: On the banks of the Euphrates
ACT 4: The Broken Idol
Scene 1: A room in the palace Scene 2: The temple of Baal

A selection of unpublished poems chosen and introduced by Anthony Thwaite
Contributors: Thomas Blackburn, Hilary Corke, Michael Hamburger, David Holbrook, G.W. Ireland, Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Larkin, Edward Lowbury, George MacBeth, Sylvia Plath
Readers Anne Beresford, Hugh Dickson