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Beverly Sills

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Beverly Sills.

Favourite track: Salome by Richard Strauss
Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Luxury: Telephone

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Mon 20 Nov 197212:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Marie Theres'! Hab' mir's gelobt (Act 3 Trio) (from Der Rosenkavalier)

    Soloist: Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann, Maria Olszewska Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Frank Sinatra

    When The World Was Young

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Una voce poco fa (from The Barber of Seville)

    Soloist: Amelita Galli-Curci

  • George Frideric Handel

    Da tempeste il legno infranto (from Giulio Cesare)

    Soloist: Beverly Wolff, Beverly Sills

  • Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Ludwig

  • André Previn

    Fascination

  • Lohengrin Act 3 Prelude

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Richard Strauss

      Salome

      Soloist: Ljuba Welitsch

  • Book Choice

    • Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

  • Luxury Choice

    • Telephone

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestBeverly Sills

Broadcasts

  • Sat 18 Nov 197219:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 20 Nov 197212:25
    BBC Radio 4

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