COVENT GARDEN THEATRE, LONDON - NEW PRODUCTIONS 1905 - 1909

1905
DON PASQUALE	DON PASQUALE	NORINA
Gaetano Donizetti	Charles Gilibert	Hermne Bosetti
CONDUCTOR	MALATESTA	NOTARY
Luigi Mancinelli	Victor Maurel	Friedrich Hupeden
SCENERY	ERNESTO
Harry Brooke	Fernando Bravi
COSTUMES	First performance: 9 May 1905
Comelli	Royal Opera Season
L'ORACOLO	UIN-SCI	L'INDOVINO
Franco Leoni	Vanni Marcoux	Luigi Montecucchi
CONDUCTOR	CIM-FEN	UIN-SAN-LUI
André Messager	Antonio Scotti	Charles Dalmorès
SCENERY	HU-TSIN	HUA-QUI
Harry Brooke	Edouard Cotreuil	Liesbeth Paulin
COSTUME	AH-JOE
Comelli	Pauline Donalda
	Royal Opera Season
	28 June 1905
	WORLD PREMIERE
MADAMA BUTTERFLY	CIO-CIO-SAN	BONZE
Giacomo Puccini	Emmy Destinn	Edouard Cotreuil
CONDUCTOR	SUZUKI	YAKUSIDE
Cleofonte Campanini	Gabrielle Lejeune	Lodovico Rossi
SCENERY	KATE PINKERTON	IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER
Harry Brooke	Lina Simeoli	Michele Sampieri
COSTUMES	B. F. PINKERTON	REGISTRAR
Comelli	Enrico Caruso	Zanella
	SHARPLESS	MOTHER
	Antonio Scotti	Vito
	GORO	COUSIN
	Eugène Dufriche	Bliss
	PRINCE YAMADORI
	Luigi Montecucchi
	First performance: 10 July 1905
	Royal Opera Season
ANDREA CHÉNIER	ANDREA CHÉNIER	MATHIEU
Umberto Giordano	Giovanni Zenatello	Michele Wigley
CONDUCTOR	GERARD	SCHMIDT
Leopoldo Mugnone	Mario Sammarco	Tretti
	FOUQUIER-TINVILLE	MAESTRO DI CASA
	Paulo Wulmann	Careri
	INCREDIBILE	MADDALENA
	ABATE	Phoebe Strakosch
	Dante Zucchi
		CONTESSA COIGNY
	ROUCHER	Emma Zaccaria
	Edoardo Thos
		BERSI
	FLEVILLE	MADELON
	Niola	Eleanora de Cisneros
	First Performance: 11 November 1905
	Autumn Opera Season
1906
DIE BARBIER VON BAGDAD	NUREDDIN	MUSTAPHA
Peter Cornelius	Karl Jörn	Karl Nietan
CONDUCTOR	ABUL HASSAN	MARGIANO
Hans Richter	ALI EBN BEKAR	Marga Burchardt
	Paul Knüpfer
		BOSTANA
	CALIPH	Marie Grimm
	Desider Zadór
	First performance: 11 May 1906
	Royal Opera Season
DER VAGABUND UND DIE PRINZESSIN	PRINZ	GESANDTE
Ede Poldini	Karl Jörn	Kurt Nietan
CONDUCTOR	KÖNIG	PRINZESSIN
Percy Pitt	Francis Braun	Marga Burchardt
	ASTROLOG
	Frank Arthur
	First performance: 11 May 1906
	Royal Opera Season
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER	ERIK	STEUERMANN
Richard Wagner	Alois Burgstaller	Kurt Nietan
CONDUCTOR	HOLLÄNDER	SENTA
Hans Richter	Anton van Rooy	Emmy Destinn
SCENERY	DALAND	MARY
Harry Brooke	Paul Knüpfer	Marie Grimm
COSTUMES	First performance: 4 June 1906
Comelli	Royal Opera Season
LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME	JEAN LE JONGLEUR	MOINE PEINTURE
Jules Massenet	Jean Laffitte	Artus
CONDUCTOR	BONIFACE	MOINE MUSICIEN
André Messager	Charles Gilibert	Armand Crabbé
	PRIEUR	MOINE SCULPTEUR
	Paul Seveilhac	Frank Arthur
	MOINE POÈTE
	Hector Dognies
	First performance: 15 June 1906
	Royal Opera Season
YEVGÉNY ONÉGIN	LENSKY	TRIQUET
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Josef Altchevsky	Dante Zucchi
CONDUCTOR	ONEGIN	TATIANA
Cleofonte Campanini	Mattia Battistini	Emmy Destinn
SCENERY	GREMIN	OLGA
Harry Brooke	Marcel Journet	Louise Kirkby Lunn
COSTUMES	CAPTAIN	LARINA
Comelli	Artus	Marie Grimm
	ZARETSKY	FILIPIEVNA
	Armand Crabbé	Liesbeth Paulin
	First performance: 29 June 1906
	Royal Opera Season
ARMIDE	RENAUD	ARMIDE
Christoph Willibald Gluck	Jean Laffitte	Lucienne Breval
CONDUCTOR	HIDRAOT	LA HAINE
André Messager	Paul Seveilhac	Louise Kirkby Lunn
SCENERY	ARTÉMIDORE	LUCINDE
Harry Brooke	Hector Dognies	LA NAÏDE
		Marguerite Das
COSTUMES	UBALDE
Comelli	Armand Crabbé	PLAISIR
		SIDONIE
	CHEVALIER DANOIS	Gabrielle Gilibert-Lejeune
	Josef Altchevsky
		PHÉNICE
	ARONTE	Cicely Gleeson-White
	Artus
	First performance: 10 July 1906
	Royal Opera Season
FEDORA	LOUIS IPANOV	BOROW
Umberto Giordano	Giovanni Zenatello	LOREK
		Gennaro Berenzone
CONDUCTOR	DE SIRIEX
Leopold Mugnone	Angelo Scandiani	SERGIO
		Ezio Banchelli
	DÉSIRÉ
	Dante Zucchi	BOLESLAO LAZINSKI
		Sigismondo
	GRETCH
	Edoardo Thos	FEDORA
		Rina Giachetti
	NICOLA
	Irma Tretti	OLGA
		Rosa Caravaglia
	ROUVEL
	Mario de Rosa	DIMITRI
		PICCOLO SAVOYARDO
	CIRILLO	Luisa Liviabella
	Carlo Walter
	First performance: 3 November 1906
	Autumn Opera Season
1907
DER FREISCHÜTZ	MAX	SAMIEL
Carl Maria von Weber	Ernst Kraus	Paul Weiss
CONDUCTOR	CASPAR	KILIAN
Arthur Nikisch	Allen Hinckley	Willy Birkenfeld
	EREMIT	AGATHE
	Wilhelm Jung	Marcella Craft
	GRAF OTTOKAR	AENNCHEN
	Hans Bussard	Hermine Bosetti
	CARLO
	Albert Leonhardt
	First performance: 16 January 1907
	German Opera Season
PRODANÁ NEVĚSTA	HANS	MUFF
Bedřich Smetana	Franz Naval	August Bletzer
CONDUCTOR	WENZEL	MARIE
Franz Schalk	Hans Bussard	Hermine Bosetti
	KEZAL	ESMERALDA
	Karl Marx	Minnie Nast
	KRUSCHINA	KATHINKA
	Wilhelm Jung	Marie Jung Dossow
	MICHA	AGNES
	Albert Leonhardt	Rose Olitzka
	SPRINGER
	Willy Birkenfeld
	First performance: 24 January 1907
	German Opera Season
DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR	FLUTH	BURGER
Otto Nicolai	Theodor Bertram	Hartmann
		Julius Dara
CONDUCTOR	FENTON	Stellmach
Hugo Bryk	Franz Naval	Felix
	FALSTAFF	FRAU FLUTH
	Max Lohfing	Jenny Fischer
	REICH	ANNA
	Wilhelm Jung	Minnie Nast
	JUNKER SPARLICH	FRAU REICH
	Willy Burkenfeld	Adrienne von Krauss Osborne
	DR. CAJUS
	Joachim Kromer
	WIRTH
	Memler
	First performance: 16 February 1907
	German Opera Season
BASTIEN UND BASTIENNE	BASTIEN	COLAS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Kurt Nietan	Desider Zador
	BASTIENNE
	Frieda Hempel
	First performance: 2 May 1907
	Royal Opera Season
LA GIOCONDA	LA GIOCONDA	ENZO GRIMALDO
Amilcare Ponchielli	Emmy Destinn	Amadeo Bassi
CONDUCTOR	LA CIECA	BARNABA
Cleofonte Campanini	Edna Thornton	Marco Sammarco
SCENERY	ALVISE	ZUANE
Harry Brooke	Marcel Journet	Vittorio Navarrini
	LAURA	ISÈPO
	Louise Kirkby Lunn	Emilio Venturini
	First performance: 20 June 1907
	Royal Opera Season
LORELEY	WALTER	ANNA
Alfredo Catalani	Amadeo Bassi	Selma Kurz
SCENERY	HERMANN	LORELEY
Harry Brooke	Mario Sammarco	Minnie Scalar
COSTUMES	RUDOLPH
Comelli	Marcel Journet
	First performance: 12 July 1907
	Royal Opera Season
GERMANIA	KÖRNER	HEDVIGE
Alberto Franchetti	Zannini	LENE ARMUTH
		Norett Zoffoli
CONDUCTOR	WORMS
Ettore Panizza	Mario Sammarco	LÜTZOW
		Gennaro Berenzone
	CRISOGONO
	Michele Wigley	PETERS
		Frank Arthur
	LOEWE
	Amadeo Bassi	RICKE
		Rina Giachetti
	PALM
	Guglielmo Niola	STAPPS
		Orest Luppi
	HEAD OF GERMAN POLICE
	Edoardo Thos	A LADY
		Edna Thornton
	JANE
	JEBBEL
	Ada Davies
	First performance: 13 November 1907
	Autumn Opera Season
1908
LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES	NADIR	LEILA
Georges Bizet	Alessandro Bonci	Luisa Tetrazzini
CONDUCTOR	ZURGA
Cleofonte Campanari	Mario Sammarco
	First performance: 19 June 1908
	Autumn Opera Season
1909
ANGELUS	BEATRICE	SYLVIA
Edward Naylor	Florence Easton	Cicely Gleeson-White
CONDUCTOR	FRANCIS	A NYMPH
Percy Pitt	Francis MacLennan	Alice Prowse
	ABBOT TUNSTALL	FIRST MONK
	Robert Radford	Charles Knowles
	LUTTERAL	SECOND MONK
	Claude Flemming	Albert Garcia
	CATHERINE	VILLAGER
	Edith Clegg	Campbell Carr
	DEATH
	Edna Thornton
	First performance: 27 January 1909
	Autumn Opera Season
SAMSON ET DALILA	SAMSON	ABIMÉLECH
Camille Saint-Saëns	Charles Fontaine	Murray Davey
CONDUCTOR	DALILA	UN VIEILLARD HÉBREU
Maurice Frigara	Louise Kirkby Lunn	Albert Huberty
	LE GRAND PRÊTRE DE DAGON	UN MESSAGER PHILISTIN
	Robert Moore	Maurice d'Oisly
	First performance: 26 April 1909
	Royal Opera Season
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE	ARKEL	MÉLISANDE
Claude Debussy	Vanni Marcoux	Rose Féart
CONDUCTOR	GENEVIÈVE	YNIOLD
Cleofonte Campanini	Jane Bourgeois	Emma Trentini
	PELLÉAS	UN MÉDECIN
	Edmond Warnery	Armand Crabbé
	GOLAUD
	Jean Bourbon
	First performance: 21 May 1909
	Royal Opera Season
LA SONNAMBULA	IL CONTE RODOLFO	TERESA
Vincenzo Bellini	Angelo Scandiani	Martha Symiane
CONDUCTOR	AMINA	ALESSIO
Ettore Panizza	Luisa Tetrazzini	Dante Zucchi
	ELVINO	NOTARY
	John McCormack	Michele Sampieri
	LISA
	Louise Berat
	First performance: 29 May 1909
	Royal Opera Season
LOUISE	JULIEN	LE CHIFFONIER
Gustav Charpentier	Charles Dalmorès	Albert Huberty
CONDUCTOR	LOUISE	VIEUX BOHÈME
Maurice Frigara	Louise Edvina	BRICOLEUR
		Murray Davey
	LA MÈRE
	Louise Bérat	NOCTAMBULE
		PAPE DES FOUS
	LA PÈRE	Edmond Warnery
	Charles Gilibert
		MARCHAND DE CAROTTES
	IRMA	Louis Deru
	Gabrielle Lejeune
		PHILOSOPHE i
	CAMILLE	Armand Crabbé
	MARCHANDE DE MOURON
	Martha Symiane	PHILOSOPHE ii
		Paul Verheyden
	GERTRUDE
	RAMPAILLEUSE	LA GLANEUSE
	Jane Bourgeois	MADELEINE
		Edith Clegg
	GAVROCHE
	L'APPRENTIE
	Emma Trentini
	First performance: 18 June 1909
	Royal Opera Season
TESS	TESS	ALEC D'URBERVILLE
Frédéric d'Erlanger	Emmy Destinn	Mario Sammarco
CONDUCTOR	JACK	TORONTON
Ettore Panizza	Charles Gilibert	Dante Zucchi
	JOAN	DICK
	Gabrielle Lejeune	Maurice d'Oisly
	ABY	NANCY
	Edyth de Lys	Minnie Egener
	ANGEL CLARE	DARK-CAR
	Giovanni Zenatello	Jane Bourgeois
	First performance: 14 July 1909
	Royal Opera Season