34, is a one-act 1952 English-language opera by Malcolm Arnold to a libretto by Joe Mendoza after William Wycherley's 1671 play The Gentleman Dancing Master.
[This quote needs a citation] Joe Mendoza, formerly an assistant with the GPO/Crown Film Unit, had already prepared Wycherly's play as a potential film script for Margaret Lockwood when the commission for Arnold at the BBC came up and returned the libretto to Arnold quickly.
The first fully staged performance was in 2015 at Guildhall School of Music & Drama conducted by Dominic Wheeler, and paired with Donizetti's I pazzi per progetto.
Malcolm Arnold: The Dancing Master Mark Wilde, Ed Lyon, Fiona Kimm, Graeme Broadbent, Catherine Carby, Eleanor Dennis.
BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews released 25th Sep 2020 RES10269 Resonus Classics 75 minutes.