The Barber of Seville by Beaumarchais
Translated by John Wells
Directed by Ian Cotterell
BBC Radio 3 - 128/44
Prompted by the recent broadcast on Radio 3 of The Marriage of Figaro I've dug into
the archive and come up with this the first of Beaumarchais' Figaro trilogy.
Not sure when I recorded this, sometime in the 1980's I think. Encoded at 128/44.1 from
an old tape the sound is not perfect. There is some background noise but this improves
as it goes on. For those of us brought up on medium and long wave broadcasts it will
not be a problem.
The Cast:
Count Almaviva........................Gary Bond
Rosine................................Dorothy Tutin
Dr Bartholo...........................Michael Aldridge
Master Bazile.........................Peter Pratt
The Youth.............................Michael Bilton
Wideawake.............................John Wells
The Notary............................Peter Acre
Justice of the Peace..................Arnold Diamond
and
Figaro the Barber of seville..........Nicholas Grace
Music Composed and Conducted by Carl Davis
Translated by John Wells
Directed by Ian Cotterell
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