Lear

Synopsis: Aribert Reimann’s opera relayed live from the London Coliseum. Libretto by Claus Henneberg. With Monte Jaffe as Lear. The English National Opera and chorus are conducted by Paul Daniel.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 9 Feb 1989 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 170 mins

Notes: Sung in English.
History: This was the first production of Reimann’s opera in the UK. The opera premiered in Munich, Germany, in 1978.
Textual information: Translation by Desmond Clayton.

Monte Jaffe	Lear
Rosa Mannion	Cordelia
Rodney Macann	Earl of Gloucester
Eric Shilling	Fool
Christopher Robson	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Alan Woodrow	Edmund
Christopher Booth-Jones	Duke of Albany
Garry Sutcliffe	Servant
Geoffrey Pogson	Duke of Cornwall
Nigel Douglas	Earl of Kent
Phyllis Conran	Goneril
Vivian Tierney	Regan
William Mackie	King of France

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