Peter Jonas
Sue Lawley's castaway is director of the ENO Peter Jonas.
The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the General Director of the English National Opera Peter Jonas. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his teenage ambition to run a great opera house, his subsequent rejection from the London Coliseum when he applied to sweep the stage there, and his return as its director some 11 years later. He'll also be talking about his fight against Hodgkin's Disease, his eleven years as personal and administrative assistant to Sir Georg Solti in Chicago and his plans for the future of the English National Opera.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Die Meistersinger Act 1 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Book: City of God by Saint Augustine
Luxury: Cyanide, in a joint, in champagne truffle, in a fridge
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Engelbert Humperdinck
Abends will ich schlafen geh'l (Evening Hymn) (from Hansel and Gretel
Soloist: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf And Grummer
- Hansel and Gretel.
- EMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suite No. 2 in A minor - Prelude
Soloist: Ivo Pogorelich
- English Suites.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Giacomo Puccini
Tre sbirri (Te Deum) (from Tosca)
Artist: Marko Rothmuller Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
- Verdi: Requiem.
- EMI.
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Better Not Look Down
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Charles Ives
Memories
Artist: Jan de Gaetani
- Charles Ives Songs.
- Nonesuch.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg Overture
Soloist: Rene Kollo Orchestra: Orchestra of Dresden State Opera House and Chorus
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor
Soloist: Rubinstein, Heifetz, Piatigorsky
- Trios by Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn.
- RCA.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor - 6th movement
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Mahler: Symphony 3.
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Book Choice
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City of God - Saint Augustine
Luxury Choice
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Cyanide, in a joint, in champagne truffle, in a fridge
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sue Lawley |
| Interviewed Guest | Peter Jonas |
Broadcasts
- Sun 8 Jul 1990 12:15麻豆社 Radio 4
- Fri 13 Jul 1990 09:05麻豆社 Radio 4
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