BBC opera sung in English & related broadcasts

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Bedřich Smetana - The Bartered Bride (London, 1967) sung in English



https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedule...03-11#at-19.30

THE BARTERED BRIDE
Network Three, 11 March 1967 19.30
A comic opera in three acts
Libretto by KAREL SABINA
English translation by JOAN CROSS and ERIC CROZIER
Music by Smetana

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Jeník, recently arrived in the village - André Turp (tenor)
Mařenka, his sweetheart, daughter of Krušina and Ludmilla - Lorna Haywood (soprano)
Kecal, the village marriage-broker - Michael Langdon (bass)
Krušina, a peasant - Napoleon Bisson (baritone)
Ludmila, his wife - Maureen Guy (mezzo-soproano)
Vašek, son of Mícha and Háta - Kenneth MacDonald (tenor)
The manager of a troupe of strolling players, aka Ring-Master - Robert Bowman (tenor)
An Indian - Eric Garrett (baritone)
Esmeralda, a dancer - Elizabeth Robson (soprano)
Háta, second wife of Mícha - Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano)
Mícha, a wealthy farmer - Otakar Kraus (baritone)
Villagers, actors and children
COVENT GARDEN OPERA CHORUS
Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson
COVENT GARDEN ORCHESTRA
Leader, George Hallam [not Charles Taylor, as per Radio Times]
Conducted by JAROSLAV KROMBHOLC

Produced by Hanuš Thein

The action takes place in a Bohemian village on the afternoon and evening of the Patron Saint's day. The time is the first half of the nineteenth century.

Act 1
The village green
Act 2
The village inn
Act 3
The village green

Excellent sound. Includes all the announcements.

DOWNLOAD LINKS:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/i6n81b...part1.rar/file
http://www.mediafire.com/file/u7vls1...part2.rar/file
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bhxogv...part3.rar/file
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7t7sm4...part4.rar/file

[Nervous Gentleman]

Ludwig van Beethoven - Fidelio (New York, 1945) sung in English



Metropolitan Opera House
March 17, 1945 Matinee Broadcast
In English

FIDELIO
Beethoven-Sonnleithner/Breuning/Treitschke

Leonore.................Regina Resnik
Florestan...............Arthur Carron
Don Pizarro.............Kenneth Schon [Debut]
Rocco...................Lorenzo Alvary
Marzelline..............Frances Greer
Jaquino.................John Garris
Don Fernando............Hugh Thompson
First Prisoner..........Richard Manning
Second Prisoner.........John Gurney

Conductor...............Bruno Walter

Director................Herbert Graf
Designer................Joseph Urban

Translation by T. Baker

Announcer: Milton Cross

DOWNLOAD LINKS:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bgrqep...part1.rar/file
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qqn35n...part2.rar/file