Learning on ScreenSir 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)
Archive
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2389
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ - Notes
- Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
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