The 1964 D'Oyly Carte Trial By Jury

Cast The Learned Judge John Reed The Plaintiff Ann Hood The Defendant Thomas Round Counsel for the Plaintiff Kenneth Sandford Usher Donald Adams Foreman of the Jury Anthony Raffell D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera Conductor: Isidore Godfrey Recorded in August, 1963

London A-4155

London/Decca 417 358-4

This Trial was recorded with an "all-star" cast. Excepting Round and Raffell, none of these singers would have appeared in stage performances of the time. The idea, clearly, was to make the recording more saleable by casting D'Oyly Carte's best-known performers. This succeeded artistically too, as the recording is extremely enjoyable.

Decca 473 655-2. (See Trial caption at bottom of image.)