Afternoon on 3 - Telling the Tale - Episode 1

Presented by Louise Fryer. Including excerpts from the large-scale works of Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, and to mark the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth, the seminal 1956 recording of Tosca with Renata Tebaldi as the tragic heroine. 2.00pm Puccini: Tosca Floria Tosca ...... Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Mario Cavaradossi ...... Richard Tucker (tenor) Baron Scarpia ...... Leonard Warren (baritone) A Sacristan ...... Fernando Corena (bass) Spoletta ...... Alessio De Paolis (tenor) Cesare Angelotti ...... Clifford Harvuot (bass) Sciarrone ...... George Cehanovsky (bass) A Shepherd ...... Peter Mark (altus) A Gaoler ...... Calvin Marsh (bass) Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor) 3.10pm Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op 87 (excerpts) Deborah Bull (speaker) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor).