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''Castle Agrazant'' is an opera composed by Ralph Lyford. It premiered on 29 April 1926 with Forrest Lamont performing, in Cincinnati. Castle Agrazant won a Bispham Memorial Medal Award in 1926. The opera is set in Northern France in the aftermath of the Ninth Crusade - specified as 1290 in the program for the opera.〔 Characters include Richard of Agrazant (Riego of Agrazant), a young crusader and religious zealot; and his wife Isabeau. In the story, the husband and crusader, Richard, returns to avenge his persecuted wife, Isabeau. In the 1926 premier, Olga Forrai performed as Isabeau, Forrest Lamont performed as Richard, and Howard Preston as Geoffrey. The Opera's performances included a chorus of 65 members and 60 members of the Cincinnati Symphony.〔 The cost to stage the production in 1926 was $15,000 USD (approximately $183,000 in 2010 USD).〔 The Opera was also broadcast by radio station WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 3, 1926. ==Roles== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Castle Agrazant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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