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  1. Music of Smetana (Radio)

    Producer
    Stanford Robinson; Harold Neden
    Subject
    Drama; Music
    Distribution
    No archive copy known (1/2008).

    First performance of Smetana’s opera fragment Viola, which is based on Twelfth Night.The music, performed by the BBC Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, includes the overture of the opera as well as other...

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  2. Otello (Radio)

    aka: An Opera in Four Acts

    Subject
    Drama; Music

    Studio performance of Verdi’s opera in Italian. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Chorus are conducted by Stanford Robinson, with Renato Gigli as Otello and Marko Rothmuller as Iago.

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  3. Opera Serenade [30/09/1949] (Radio)

    Subject
    Drama; Music

    Radio programme showcasing a selection of music from Gounod’s opera. Arranged by Stanford Robinson who also conducts the BBC Opera Orchestra.

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  4. At the Boar’s Head (Radio)

    aka: Two One-Act Operas by Gustav Holst

    Producer
    Dennis Arundell
    Subject
    Drama; Music
    Distribution
    No archive copy known

    Radio production of Gustav Holst’s one-act comic opera. The words of the libretto are taken from Shakespeare’s King Henry IV. Stanford Robinson conducts the BBC Opera Chorus and Orchestra.

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  5. Coriolanus (Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Creswell
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No recording copy

    Shakespeare’s play arranged for broadcasting by Peter Creswell and Barbara Burnham. The cast includes Leon Quartermaine in the title role, Frank Cellier as Menenius and Sybil Thorndike as Volumnia. Music...

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  6. Much Ado About Nothing (Radio)

    Producer
    Howard Rose
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No archive copy known

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s comedy adapted by Dulcima Glasby and produced by Howard Rose. Henry Ainley is Benedick and Marie Ney stars as Beatrice. Anthony Pendrill narrates. Music by Edward German is...

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  7. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (Radio)

    Producer
    Val Gielgud
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No copy extant

    Shakespeare’s comedy adapted for radio by Marianne Helweg with Mendelssohn’s music. Margaret Rawlings performs as Oberon, Fay Compton is Titania, Ralph Richardson plays Bottom. Produced by Val Gielgud.

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