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Sir John in Love

Synopsis
Radio broadcast of Ian Judge’s 2006 revival of Vaughan Williams’ rarely performed opera, based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. With Andrew Shore (baritone, Falstaff), Jean Rigby (mezzo, Mrs Ford), Alastair Miles (bass-baritone, Mr Ford), Marie McLaughlin (soprano, Mrs Page). Oleg Caetani conducts the English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Series
Opera on 3
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Availability
No archive copy known (1/2008).
Notes
Originally in four acts, this production was performed in 2 acts, both approximately 65 minutes long. The intermission comes between what would originally have been acts two and three.
Subjects
Drama; Music; Shakespeare
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Falstaff

Credits

Director
Ian Judge
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor
Oleg Caetani
Cast
Alastair Miles 
Andrew Shore 
Jean Rigby 
Marie McLaughlin 
Philip Agnew 
Russell Smythe 

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Name

English National Opera

Archive

Name

BoB

Email
bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
Web
https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
Phone
020 3743 2345
Address
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH
Notes
Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
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