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Robert Merrill

Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone Robert Merrill.

Favourite track: Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh) by Bloch
Book: The Source by James Michener
Luxury: Michelangelo's Moses

35 minutes

Last on

Mon 18 Dec 1967 12:25
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (from Pagliacci)

    Soloist: Enrico Caruso

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Voi lo sapete (from Cavalleria rusticana)

    Soloist: Rosa Ponselle

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville Overture

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Di Provenza il mar (from La traviata)

    Soloist: Robert Merrill Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Death of Boris (from Boris Godunov)

    Soloist: Feodor Chaliapin

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma

    Soloist: Jussi Bj枚rling Orchestra: Rome Opera House Orchestra Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

  • Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

    When the Saints Go Marching In

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ernest Bloch

      Sacred Service

      Soloist: Robert Merrill Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

  • Book Choice

    • The Source - James Michener

  • Luxury Choice

    • Michelangelo's Moses

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Robert Merrill

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Dec 1967 13:10
    Home Service
  • Mon 18 Dec 1967 12:25
    Home Service

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