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