Village Romeo and Juliet, A

Synopsis
Studio performance of the music drama by Delius, a six-scene opera about lovers from feuding families set in the pastures of the Swiss Alps based on the novel by Gottfried Keller.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
23 Apr 1948 at 18:55 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
Duration
80 mins
Availability
No archive copy known

Credits

Writer
Gottfried Keller
Music
Frederick Delius
Contributor
Sir Thomas Beecham
Cast
Fabian SmithManz
Frederick SharpMarti
Gordon ClintonThe Dark Fiddler
Gwladys CarsideVagabond (wild girl)
Marion DaviesVreli (as a child)
Marion DaviesVagabond (slim girl)
Marion DaviesGingerbread-woman
Philip HatteyVagabond (hunchbacked bass-fiddler)
Rene SoamesSali
Scott JoyntShooting-gallery man
Sybil HambletonSali (as a boy)
Sylvia PatrissWheel-of-fortune woman
Vera TerryVreli
William HerbertVagabond (poor horn-player)

Additional Details

Production type
Operas and Musicals
Plays
Romeo and Juliet
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
The broadcast includes a 15-minute interval between scenes iii and iv, during which Hallam Fordham reads an excerpt from Keller’s educational novel, Der grune Heinrich (Green Henry), translated by Maud Holt.
General
The opera was completed in 1901. It premiered in 1907 at Komische Oper in Berlin, and three years later, when Thomas Beecham became the creative manager of Covent Garden in England, he included Delius’s opera in his first season there.
Textual information
Gotffried Keller’s Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe (A Village Romeo and Juliet) was published in 1876.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Village Romeo and Juliet, A". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66526 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)