THE B.B.C. ORCHESTRA
Regional Programme London, 16 April 1934 21.00
(Section C)
(Led by LAURANCE TURNER )
Conducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
SOPHIE ROWLANDS (soprano)
BOIELDIEU was so modest about his own work that, if the story be true, he used to take the completed sections of his early opera, The Caliph of Baghdad, to the Conservatoire in Paris, where he was a professor, to ask his pupils for their verdict on the music. If they did not like it, he referred it to his colleague Mlhul. He need have been in no doubt about the attractive qualities of his music ; nearly all the light-hearted and melodious operas won immediate success, and many ofthem held the stage for generations after his own day.
Unknown: Laurance Turner
Conducted By: Joseph Lewis
Soprano: Sophie Rowlands
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