An opera in two acts by MOZART
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte sung in Italian
COVENT GARDEN OPERA CHORUS
Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson COVENT GARDEN ORCHESTRA Leader, Charles Taylor Conductor, GEORG SOLTI
Producer, Franco Zeffirelll
From the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden
The action takes place in Spain In the middle of the 18th century
Act 1
by Maurice Shock
Fellow of University College. Oxford
Maurice Shock considers the contribution to Labour thought of Professor
R. H. Tawney , who died recently.
Mr Shock repeats the talk with some changes, which was originally broadcast in October 1960 as one of a series on Intellectuals and the Labour Movement.'
Recording
Act 2
A talk by Martin Cooper on the place of music in German literature of the nineteenth century, in particular in the writings of b. 1. A. Hoffmann and Grillparzer.