An opera in four acts
Libretto by SALVATORE CAMMARANO
Based on the Spanish play El Trovador by ANTONIO GARCIA GUTIERREZ Music by Verdi sung In Italian
Cast in order of singing:
Leonora's companions, nuns, Count's followers, soldiers, gypsies
COVENT GARDEN OPERA CHORUS Chorus-Master,
Douglas Robinson
ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN
Leader, Charles Taylor
Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
Produced by VISCONTI
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
The action takes place In Spain at the beginning of the fifteenth century.
Act 1
Sc. 1: The guard room of the Palace of Aliaferia Sc. 2: The palace garden at night

by MARY WARNOCK
Fellow of St. Hugh's College, Oxford
Is autobiography as in Marcel and Sartre a possible method of philosophy? No. Why not? Mrs.
Warnock discusses her enjoyment of autobiography with two recent examples of the art, Simone de Beauvoir's third volume and Lord
Longford's Five Lives.

Act 2
Sc. 1: A gypsy camp in the Biscayan mountains
Sc. 2: The cloisters of the Jerusalem convent

A selection of his poetry chosen by GEOFFREY GRIGSON
Readers:
Richard BEBB , JULIAN GLOVER and GODFREY KENTON
Produced by D. G. BRIDSON
Second broadcast

Act 3
Sc. 1: The camp of the Aragonese army before the Fortress of Castellar
Sc. 2: A room in the Fortress of Castellar

reading his foreword to the 1950 edition of Brave New World on a gramophone record

Act 4
Sc. 1: A courtyard of the prison of the Aliaferia- Palace
* Sc. 2: Inside the prison followed by an interlude at 10.55

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