Franz Werfel: Verdi - a novel of opera

A great novel about the relationship between two leading figures of the music world - Verdi and Wagner, who were the opposite of each other in both music and philosophy of life. Dramatised reading for the sequel Persons and cast: narrators (Pavel Soukup, Alena Vránová), Verdi (Jiří Holý), Senator (Soběslav Sejk), the hundred-year-old Marquis Gritti (Zdeněk Řehoř), Dario, theatre servant (Bedřich Prokoš), Vincenzo Sassaroli, composer (Josef Kemr), Richard Wagner, composer (Vladimír Ráž), the singer Dezorziova (Tatiana Medvecka), announcement (Viktor Preiss). Also performing are Petr Stepanek, Jiří Štěpnička, Vladimíš Švec, Stanislav Oubram, Radan Rusev, Karel Fořt, Dusan Friedler, Petr Svoboda. Directed by: Josef Melč