Wednesday 2 December 2009

COVENT GARDEN INTERNATIONAL SEASONS, LONDON 1939

1939

Singers: Mario Basiola, Jussi Björling, Armando Borgioli, Maria Caniglia, Arthur Carron, Gina Cigna, Mafalda Favero, Adolf Fischer, Beniamino Gigli, Anny Helm, Ludwig Hofmann, Herbert Janssen, Anny Konetzni, Hilde Konetzni, Fritz Krenn, Karl Laufkötter, Virgilio Lazzari, Germaine Lubin, José Lucchini, Lauritz Melchior, Maria Nezadal, Ezio Pinza, Torsten Ralf, Elisabeth Rethberg, Paul Schöffler, Jean Stern, Ebe Stignani, Richard Tauber, Heinrich Tessmer, Kerstin Thorborg, Emil Treskow, Eva Turner, Adolf Vogel, Norman Walker, Ludwig Weber, Gertrud Wettergren, Corrado Zambelli

Conductors: Thomas Beecham, Basil Cameron, Pietro Cimara, Vittorio Gui, Constant Lambert, Wynn Reeves, Felix Weingartner

THE BARTERED BRIDE (Smetana) (3): H. Konetzni, Tauber, Tessmer, Krenn; c. Beecham; May 1, 10, 25

PARSIFAL (Wagner) (3): Lubin, Ralf, Janssen, Vogel, Hofmann; c. Weingartner; May 2, 5, 18

TURANDOT (Puccini) (2): Turner, Favero, Lucchini, Zambelli; c. Lambert; May 3, 11

TANNHÄUSER (Wagner) (3): H. Konetzni, Helm, Ralf, Janssen, Hofmann; c. Weingartner; May 4, 8, 16

TOSCA (Puccini) (3): Cigna, Gigli, Basiola; c. Gui; May 9, 15, 19

TROVATORE (Verdi) (3): Cigna/Caniglia, Wettergren/Stignani, Björling/Carron, Basiola/Borgioli; c. Gui; May 12, 17, 23

TRAVIATA (Verdi) (3): Caniglia, Gigli, Basiola; c. Gui/Cimara; May 22, 26, 31

AIDA (Verdi) (3): Caniglia/Turner, Stignani, Gigli, Borgioli; c. Beecham/Reeves; May 24, 29, Jun 8

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (3): Lubin, Thorborg, Melchior, Janssen, Walker; c. Beecham/Cameron; May 30, Jun 5, 16

OTELLO (Verdi) (2): Caniglia, Melchior, Basiola; c. Gui; Jun 1, 7

DON GIOVANNI (Mozart) (3): Rethberg, H. Konetzni, Favero, Tauber, Pinza, Lazzari; c. Beecham/Reeves; Jun 2, 13, 15

RHEINGOLD (Wagner) (1): Thorborg, Fischer, Laufkötter, Schöffler, Stern; c. Beecham; Jun 6

WALKÜRE (Wagner) (1): A. Konetzni, H. Konetzni, Thorborg, Melchior, Treskow, Weber; c. Beecham; Jun 9

SIEGFRIED (Wagner) (1): A. Konetzni, Melchior, Laufkötter, Treskow, Stern; c. Beecham; Jun 12

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (Wagner) (1): A. Konetzni, Nezadal, Melchior, Janssen, Weber; c. Beecham; Jun 14

ITALIAN OPERA SEASON, ACADEMY OF MUSIC NEW YORK 1882

1882

Singers: Olga Berghi, Gabriella Boema, Pietro Caravatti, Ezio Ciampi-Cillaj, Victor Clodio, Baldassare Corsini, Tommaso Costa, Louise Dotti, M. Durat, Emma Fursch-Madi, Antonio Galassi, Guiditta Faentini Galassi, Minnie Hauck, M. Juanita, Emma Juch, Lilian Lauri, Wlasyslaw Mierzwinski, Giorgio Monti, Ernesto Nicolini, Adelina Patti, Luigi Ravelli, Paolina Rossini, Filomena Savio, Sofia Scalchi, Ida Valerga, Laura Zagury

Conductor: Luigi Arditi

PURITANI (Bellini) (2): Zagury, Ravelli, A. Galassi, Monti; Oct 16, 21

GUILLAUME TELL (Rossini) (4): Dotti, Mierzwinski, A. Galassi, Monti, Costa; Oct 18, 25, 28, 30

LUCREZIA BORGIA (Donizetti) (1): Savio, Lauri, Ravelli, Durat; Oct 20

RIGOLETTO (Verdi) (1): Zagury, Lauri, Ravelli, Galassi, Monti; Oct 23

AFRICAINE (Meyerbeer) (4): Dotti, Rossini/Boema/Hauck, Clodio/Ravelli, Galassi/Caravatti; Oct 27, Nov 4, 8, Dec 30

HUGUENOTS (Meyerbeer) (3): Zagury, Rossini/Fursch-Madi, Lauri/G. Galassi, Mierzwinski, Durat/A. Galassi, Monti; Nov 1, 11, Dec 2

FAVORITE (Donizetti) (1): Galassi, Ravelli/Clodio, Galassi, Monti; Nov 3, Dec 4

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti) (1): Patti, Nicolini/Ravelli, Galassi; Nov 6, 24, Dec 16

TRAVIATA (Verdi) (1): Patti, Ravelli/Nicolini, Galassi; c. Patti; Nov 10, 20, Dec 2, 6

FAUST (Gounod) (1): Patti/Berghi, Nicolini/Ravelli, Juanita/Caravatti, Durat; Nov 13, 18

AIDA (Verdi) (1): Rossini/Dotti, G. Galassi, Mierzwinski, A. Galassi/Caravatti; Nov 15, 22, 25

TROVATORE (Verdi): (1): Patti/Fursch-Madi, G. Galassi/Scalchi, Nicolini/Mierzwinski, A. Galassi/Ciampi-Cellaj; Nov 17, 29, Dec 30

BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini) (1): Patti, Ravelli/Nicolini, Ciampi-Cellaj, Monti, Corsini, Nov 27, Dec 8

CARMEN (Bizet) (2): Hauck, Juch, Ravelli, A. Galassi; Dec 9, 12

DINORAH (Meyerbeer) (1): Patti, Clodio, A. Galassi; Dec 11

SONNAMBULA (Bellini) (1): Patti, Valerga, Nicolini, Monti; Dec 13

LOHENGRIN (Wagner) (1): Hauck, G. Galassi, Mierzwinski, A. Galassi, Monti; Dec 18

SEMIRAMIDE (Rossini) (1): Patti, Scalchi, Clodio, Durat; Dec 20, 29

LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX (Donizetti) (1): Patti, Scalchi, Ravelli, A. Galassi, Corsini, Monti; Dec 22