The final programme in BBC Radio 2's Savoy season during 1989; this was broadcast on 17th December 1989.

Unlike earlier operas in the series, this is conducted by Barry Wordsworth rather than Sir Charles Mackerras.

BBC Radio 2 employed sound compression which limits the dynamic range of the broadcast. As these have never been repeated this is all we have (other than the original recordings, assuming they still exist in the BBC's archives).

The cast:
Rudolph: Derek Hammond-Stroud
Ernest Dummkopf: Neil Jenkins
Ludwig: Eric Shilling
Dr Tannhauser: Leslie Fyson
Viscount Mentone: Leslie Fyson
Prince of Monte Carlo: Richard Jackson
Ben Hashbaz: Michael Pern
Herald: William Allenby
Princess of Monte Carlo: Dinah Harris
Baroness von Krackenfeldt: Gillian Knight
Julia Jellicoe: Marilyn Hill Smith
Lisa: Sandra Dugdale
Olga: Glenys Groves
Gretchen: Lynda Richardson
Bertha: Peta Bartlett
Elsa: Joyce Jarvis
Martha: Joyce Jarvis

The Ambrosian Singers, chorusmaster John McCarthy.

BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Barry Wordsworth.

Series producer: Tim MacDonald

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