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An opera in two acts
Libretto after Bouilly by Sonnleithner and Treitschke
Music by BEETHOVEN sung in German
Guards, prisoners, townsfolk
GLYNDEB0URNE FESTIVAL CHORUS Chorus-Master, Peter Gellhorn ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Leader, Raymond Cohen
Conducted by VITTORIO GUI Producer, Giinther Rennert
Read of Music Staff, Jani Strasser
The action takes place in a State prison near Seville
Acr I
Scene 1: A room in the house of Rocca
Scene 2: The courtyard of the prison
See page 4
' Elegy for Young Lover* ' from Qtyndebourne : July 15

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Peter Gellhorn
Leader:
Raymond Cohen
Conducted By:
Vittorio Gui
FLORESTAN, a political prisoner:
Richard Lewis
LEONORE, his wife, disguised under the name of Fidelio:
Gré Brouwenstijn
DON PIZARRO, governor of the State prison:
Herbert Fliether
Rocco jailer at the prison:
Mihaly Szekely
MARZELLINE,his daughter:
Elsie Morison
JAQUINO, porter at the prison:
Duncan Robertson
DON FERNANDO, Minister of State:
Thomas Hemsley
FIRST PRISONER:
John Kentish
SECOND PRISONER:
Derick Davies

reads the fourth and last act of his play
Caligula
Recording made at a public reading on April 3, 1955, in. Paris at the Theatre de I'Alliance Frangaise
Broadcast by courtesy of Radio' diffusion-Television Frangaise To be repeated on July 17
An English version of the play, first broadcast on June 30, will be repeated on July 16. followed by an Interlude at 8.30

An illustrated talk by Harold Truscott
During the next few weeks Reger's variations on themes by Bach, Telemann, and Mozart will be broadcast in the Third Programme. Harold Truscott considers the importance of tonality in this form.
. See Sunday at 5.0

Contributors

Talk By:
Harold Truscott
Unknown:
Harold Truscott

Third Programme

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