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Boris Christoff

Roy Plomley's castaway is opera singer Boris Christoff.

Favourite track: Prendi I'Anel Ti Dono (from La Sonnambula) by Vincenzo Bellini
Book: The Poetry by Yuarroros

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40 minutes

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Tue 21 Aug 1979 12:20
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Casting the magic bullet (from Der FreischΓΌtz)

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Vincenzo Bellini

      Prendi l'anel ti dono (from La Sonnambula)

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Song of the Viking Guest (from Sadko)

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    DormirΓ² sol nel manto mio regal (from Don Carlos)

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (from Pagliacci)

  • Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov

    Zhertva

  • Edvard Grieg

    Last Spring (from Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34)

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Boris Godunov

  • Book Choice

    • The Poetry - Peyo Yavorov

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Boris Christoff

Broadcasts

  • Sat 18 Aug 1979 18:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Tue 21 Aug 1979 12:20
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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