成人快手 CO - Weill
Presented by Catherine Bott. In a concert from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Charles Hazlewood conducts members of the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra and soloists in Weill's Lost in the Stars.
Presented by Catherine Bott.
In a concert given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, members of the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra and soloist perform Lost in the Stars, Kurt Weill's last stage work. Completed in 1949, it is a musical which aspires to the condition of serious opera. It was based on the famous novel by Alan Paton, Cry, The Beloved Country, a dramatic tale of social struggles in South Africa in the years before apartheid.
Weill: Lost in the Stars
Book and Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
Stephen Kumalo ...... Clive Rowe
Irina ...... Tsakane Maswanganyi
Linda ...... Josie Benson
Absalom Kumalo ...... Cornelius Macarthy
John Kumalo ...... Cavin Cornwall
Grace Kumalo ...... Angela Caesar
James Jarvis ...... Edward Petherbridge
The Judge ...... Tony Timberlake
Edward Jarvis ...... Hugh Beckwith
Alex ...... Khai Shaw
Members of the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood (conductor)
Jude Kelly (director).
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- Wed 1 Jul 2009 19:00成人快手 Radio 3