Learning on ScreenVillage 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
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)
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