"Grand opera in five acts"--Container. "Libretto by the composer after Virgil's Aeneid; English text by Edward J. Dent"--Container. Amy Shuard (Cassandra) and Joan Carlyle (Ascanius), sopranos ; Blanche Thebom (Dido) and Lauris Elms (Anna), mezzo-sopranos ; Noreen Berry, contralto (Hecuba) ; Jon Vickers (Aeneas), Richard Verreau (Iopas), Dermot Troy (Hylas) and Edgar Evans (Helenus), tenors ; Jess Walters (Corebus), Robert Allman (Greek Captain), Alan Beale (Mercury), Ronald Lewis (Soldier/First Trojan sentry) and Rhydderch Davies (Second Trojan sentry), baritones ; David Kelly (Narbal), Michael Langdon (Panthus), Forbes Robinson (Priam) and Joseph Rouleau (Ghost of Hector) ; Covent Garden Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Rafael Kubelik, conductor. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, June 20, 1957. Compact discs. Program notes and synopsis by David Cairns in English with German and French translations (23 pages : portrait) inserted in container.
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