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A Village Romeo and Juliet - Fragmento

Delius Frederick | Hampson Thomas

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3m 46s
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A Village Romeo and Juliet - Thomas Hampson
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Oh thankyou, maintenance. All my info and witticisms are lost... okay let's see: For those in the audience who have lost track, in Scene Six the dark fiddler recounts what has happened so far. Warning: Abuse of innocent string instrument throughout the scene. Frederick Delius - A Village Romeo and Juliet (1907) Libretto by the composer and his wife, based on the novel "Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe" by Gottfried Keller Thomas Hampson - the Fiddler ORF Symphony Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor Petr Weigl, film director The film was made in 1991 using the 1989 CD recording as its soundtrack, with the dark fiddler being the only character portrayed by the same artist on screen and off. Just an appetizer - DVD commercially available from Amazon and elsewhere.