1951-1952
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Balfe
Roberta Peters/Lorely
Dyer, Arline; Winifred Watkins, Buda; Edith Coates/Janet Howe, gipsies'
queen; Hubert Littlewood, 1°gypsy; Thomas Fletcher, 2°gypsy;
Anthony Marlowe/John Lanigan, Thaddeus; Murray Dickie, Florestein;
Hector Thomas, officer; Jess Walters/Bryan Drake, count Arnheim; Alan
Hobson, huntsman; Howell Glynne/Martin Lawrence, Devilshoof
Thomas Beecham/Norman
Del Mar, conductor
Dennis
Arundell, director
Frederick
Crooke, set designer
Beatrice
Dawson, costume designer
15, 16, 17, 18
(m), 18(e), 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25(m), 25(e), 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 August, 1(m),
1(e) September 1951
Performances
1-19 of this opera
TURANDOT Puccini
Gertrude Grob-Prandl/Maria
Kinasiewicz, Turandot; Blanche Turner, Liù; James Johnston/Edgar Evans, Calaf;
David Tree, Altoum; Parry Jones, Pong; Thorsteinn Hannesson, Pang;
Otakar Kraus, Ping; Rhydderch Davies, mandarino; Frederick Dalberg, Timur
John
Barbirolli/Reginald Goodall, conductor
22, 24 October,
12, 22 November 1951, 12, 15, 29 January, 18 April, 10, 23 May 1952
Performances
15-24 of this opera
AIDA Verdi
Gré Brouwenstijn/Hilde Zadek, Aida; Rosina
Raisbeck, sacerdotessa; Edith
Coates/Constance Shacklock, Amneris;
Hans Hopf/James Johnston, Radamès;
William McAlpine/David Tree, messaggero;
Jess Walters, Amonasro;
Michael Langdon/Frederick Dalberg, Re;
Marian Nowakowski, Ramfis
John Barbirolli, conductor
27, 29 October, 5, 20 November 1951, 10, 19
January, 1 February, 14 April, 17 May, 26, 28 June 1952
Performances 37-47 of this opera
RIGOLETTO Verdi
Ilse Hollweg/Sári Barabás, Gilda; Adele Leigh/Leonne Mills, contessa
Ceprano; Vera Hoddinott, paggio; Lilian Simmons, Giovanna; Edith Coates/Monica
Sinclair, Maddalena; John Lanigan/Anthony Marlowe/Kenneth
Neate, duca di Mantova; William
McAlpine, Matteo Borsa; Tom
Williams/Marko Rothmüller, Rigoletto; Rhydderch
Davies, Monterone; Ronald Lewis, Marullo; Bryan Drake, Ceprano; Michael Langdon/Marian Nowakowski, Sparafucile; Hubert Littlewood, usciere
Franco Capuana, conductor
30 October, 3, 13, 17 November 1951, 14, 19, 24 June 1952
Performances 34-40 of this opera
THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS Vaughan Williams
Iris Kells, woodcutter's boy; Monica
Sinclair, heavenly being/2°shining; Adele Leigh, Voice of a Bird/Shining One;
Vera Hoddinott, Shining One; Monica Sinclair, heavenly being/shining one;
Barbara Howitt, Mme. Bubble; Olwen Davies, Mme. Wanton; Leah Roberts, Malice;
Jeanne Bowden, Pickthank; Olga Frei, Angel of the Lord; Jean Watson, madam
By-Ends; Elizabeth Goodall, Myfanwy Edwards, Voice from Celestial Choir;
William McAlpine, Lord Lechery/1°shepherd; Edgar Evans, celestial messenger/ interpreter;
Parry Jones, Mr.By-Ends; David Tree, Timorous/Usher; Arnold Matters, Pilgrim;
Bryan Drake, watchful; Inia Te Wiata, John Bunyan; Norman Walker, Evangelist/Shepherd;
Rhydderch Davies, Obstinate/Lord Hategood; Geraint Evans, Herald; Hubert
Littlewood, Demas; Ronald Firmager, Judas Iscariot; Andrew Sellars, Simon
Magus; Thomas Fletcher, Worldly Glory; Basil Hemming, Pontius
Pilate; Andrew Daniels, Superstition; John Campbell, Envy;
Parry Jones, Mr. By-Ends; John Cameron, Pliable/Shepherd; William McAlpine, Shepherd/Mistrust/Shepherd;
Leonard Hancock, conductor
31 October, 9 November 1951, 12 February 1952
Performances 8-10 of this opera
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Mozart
Adele
Leigh, Pamina; Ilse Hollweg/Sári Barabás/Kathryn Harvey, Königin der Nacht; Rosina Raisbeck, Erste Dame; Iris Kells, Erster
Knabe; Leonne Mills, Zweiter
Knabe; Monica Sinclair, Dritter Knabe; Adele Leigh, Papagena; Olwen Davies, Zweite Dame; Jean Watson, Dritte Dame; Peter Pears/John
Lanigan, Tamino; Parry Jones, Monostatos; Edgar Evans/Thorsteinn
Hannesson, Erster Priester; Edgar
Evans/Thorsteinn Hannesson, Erster
Geharnischter; Jess Walters/Theodor Uppman, Papageno; Marian
Nowakowski/Norman Walker, Sarastro; Inia Te
Wiata, Sprecher; Geraint Evans, Zweiter Priester; Geraint
Evans, Zweiter Geharnischter
Peter
Gellhorn, conductor
1,
8, 15 November 1951, 16, 23 April, 5 May, 3 June 1952
Performances
49-55 of this opera
LOHENGRIN Wagner
Sylvia Fisher, Elsa; Rosina Raisbeck, Ortrud;
Myfanwy Edwards, 1°Edelknabe; Elizabeth Goodall, 2°Edelknabe; Leah Roberts,
3°Edelknabe;
Lilian Finnons, 4°Edelknabe; Franz Lechleitner/Thorsteinn Hannesson, Lohengrin;
John Cameron, 1°brabantische Edle; Bryan Drake, 2°brabantische Edle; Tom
Williams, Telramund; Rhydderch Davies, Heerrufer; Norman Walker,
Heinrich
der Vogler; William McAlpine, 3°brabantische Edle; David Tree, 4°brabantische
Edle
Peter Gellhorn, conductor
2, 7, 16 November 1951
Performances 16-18 of this opera
LA
BOHÈME
Puccini
Suzanne Danco/Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Mimi; Blanche Turner/Christel Goltz/Victoria Sladen, Musetta; John
Lanigan/James Johnston/Anthony Marlowe, Rodolfo;
James Jones, Parpignol; Jess
Walters/Otakar Kraus, Marcello;
Geraint Evans/Ronald Lewis, Schaunard;
Howell Glynne, Colline;
Ronald Lewis/David Tree, Benoit;
Ronald Lewis/David Tree, Alcindoro;
Hubert Littlewood, doganiere
Franco Capuana, conductor
6, 10, 26
November 1951, 21 February, 20, 23, 25 June 1952
Performances 34-40 of this opera
PIKOVAYA DAMA Tchaikovsky
Hilde Zadek, Liza; Leonne Mills, Masha;
Monica Sinclair, Polina; Edith Coates, Countess; Barbara Howitt/Winifred
Watkins, Governess; Edgar Evans, Herman; Parry Jones, Chekalinsky;
William McAlpine, Chaplitsky; David Tree, Master of Ceremonies; Otakar
Kraus/John Cameron/Marko Rothmüller, Count Tomsky; Jess Walters, Prince
Yeletsky; Ronald Lewis, Surin; Michael Langdon, Narumov
Vilem Tausky, conductor
14 November, 4 December 1951, 4 January 1952
Performances 7-9 of this opera
TOSCA Puccini
Margherita Grandi/Maria Kinasiewicz/Hilde Zadek, Tosca; James
Johnston/Anthony Marlowe, Mario Cavaradossi; David Tree, Spoletta;
Iris Kells, pastorello; Otakar Kraus/Arnold Matters/Marko Rothmüller, Scarpia;
Ronald Lewis, sagrestano; Michael Langdon, Cesare Angelotti; Ronald
Lewis, Sciarrone; Michael Langdon, carceriere
Franco Capuana/Reginald Goodall, conductor
19, 27 November, 5, 10 December 1951, 22, 29 April 1952
Performances 12-17 of this opera
BILLY BUDD Britten
Peter Pears/Edgar Evans, Edward Fairfax Vere; Anthony
Marlowe, Red Whiskers; David Tree, Squeak; Emlyn Jones/Ernest Russer, Maintop;
William McAlpine/Max Worthley, novice; Theodor Uppman, Billy
Budd; Hervey Alan/Laurence Mott, Redburn; Bryan Drake, Donald;
Ronald Lewis, Bosun; Rhydderch Davies, 1°mate; Hubert Littlewood, 2°mate;
Alan Hobson, Arthur Jones; John Cameron, novice's friend; Geraint
Evans, Flint; Frederick Dalberg, John Claggart; Michael Langdon, Ratcliffe;
Inia Te Wiata, Dansker; Brian Ettridge, Kenneth Nash, Peter Spencer, Colin
Waller, midshipmen
Benjamin Britten, conductor
Basil Coleman, director
John Piper, designer
1, 8, 11, 15, 21, 27 December 1951, 17, 21, 26 April, 1, 8, 13 May 1952
Performances 1-12 of this opera
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (Wagner)
Elisabeth Grummer, Eva; Constance Shacklock, Magdalene;
Hans Hopf, Walter von Stolzing; Murray Dickie, David;
Edgar Evans, Kunz Vogelgesang; Emlyn Jones, Balthasar Zorn; Dennis Stephenson, Ulrich
Eisslinger; David Tree, Augustin Moser; Benno Kusche, Sixtus
Beckmesser; Rhydderch Davies, Fritz Kothner; Karl Kamann, Hans Sachs;
Bryan Drake, Konrad Nachtigall; Ludwig
Weber, Veit Pogner; Marian
Nowakowski, Hermann Ortel;
Geraint Evans, Nachtwächter; Charles Morris, Hans Schwarz; Ronald Lewis, Hans Foltz
Thomas Beecham, conductor
14, 17 December 1951
Performances 16-17 of this opera
IL TROVATORE
Verdi
Gré
Brouwenstijn/Hilde Zadek/Lucia Kelston/Victoria Elliott, Leonora; Leonne Mills, Ines;
Edith Coates/Jean Watson/Ebe Stignani, Azucena; James Johnston/Primo
Zambruno, Manrico; Edgar Evans/Thomas Fletcher/William McAlpine, Ruiz;
Emlyn Jones, messo; Jess Walters, conte di Luna; Michael Langdon, Ferrando;
Hubert Littlewood, vecchio zingaro
Franco Capuana, conductor
18, 22 December 1951, 1, 5 January,
7, 11, 13, 16 June 1952
Performances 31-38 of this opera
FIDELIO Beethoven
Sylvia Fisher, Leonore; Adele Leigh, Marzelline;
Thorsteinn Hannesson/Julius Patzak, Florestan;
William McAlpine, Jaquino;
Lewis Powell/Andrew Daniels, 1°Gefangener;
Tom Williams, Don Pizarro;
Howell Glynne, Rocco; Marko
Rothmüller, Don Fernando; Charles
Morris, 2°Gefangener
Peter Gellhorn, conductor
20 December 1951, 24 January, 25, 30 April
1952
Performances 17-20 of this opera
DER ROSENKAVALIER Richard Strauss
Sylvia
Fisher, Marschallin; Muriel
Burnett/Olwen Davies, Marianne; Jacqueline Browning, Modistin;
Ruth
Guldbaek/Adele Leigh, Sophie;
Constance Shacklock, Octavian; Vera Evans, 1°Waise;
Vera Hoddinott, 2°Waise; Jean Watson, Annina; Lilian Simmons, 3°Waise;
Parry Jones, Valzacchi; Anthony Marlowe, Sänger; Thomas
Fletcher, Haushofmeister bei Faninal;
David
Tree, Haushofmeister bei der
Marschallin; David Tree, Wirt; Emlyn Jones, Tierhändler;
Afan Davies, 1°Lakai; John Campbell, 1°Kellner; Wilfred Jones, 3°Lakai;
Alan Hobson, 3°Kellner: Ronald Lewis, Faninal; Hector Thomas, 2°Lakai
Afan Davies, 2°Kellner; Howell Glynne, Baron
Ochs; Rhydderch Davies, Polizeikommissär: Rhydderch Davies, Notar;
?, Arzt; Hubert Littlewood, 4°Lakai;
Emlyn Lewis, 4°Kellner
Erich
Kleiber/Peter Gellhorn, conductor
28
December 1951, 3, 8, 16 January, 2 February, 19 April, 2, 29 May 1952
Performances
35-42 of this opera
WOZZECK Berg
Christel
Goltz, Marie; Brian Buck, Marie's Sohn; Monica Sinclair/Edith
Coates, Margret; Thorsteinn Hannesson, Tambourmajor; Edgar
Evans/William McAlpine, Andres; Parry Jones/Max Worthley, Hauptmann;
David Tree/Andrew Daniels, Narr; Marko Rothmüller/Jess Walters,
Wozzeck;
Ronald Lewis/Emlyn Jones, 2°Handwerksbusch; John Cockerill, Soldat;
Frederick Dalberg/Otakar Kraus, Doktor; Michael Langdon, 1°Handwerksbusch
Erich
Kleiber, conductor
Sumner
Austin, director
Caspar
Neher, designer
22,
25, 30 January, 5, 13, 18 February 1952
Performances
1-6 of this opera
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Mozart
Sylvia Fisher, contessa Rosina;
Ruth Guldbaek/Adele Leigh, Susanna;
Iris Kells, Barbarina;
Monica Sinclair/Constance Shacklock, Cherubino;
Edith Coates, Marcellina;
Max Worthley/William McAlpine, Don
Basilio; David Tree, Don
Curzio; Geraint Evans, Figaro;
Bruce Boyce/Jess Walters, conte Almaviva; Howell
Glynne, Bartolo; Rhydderch
Davies, Antonio
Erich Kleiber/Peter Gellhorn, conductor
8, 11, 16, 20, 28 April, 6 June 1952
Performances 25-30 of this opera
SALOME Richard Strauss
Christel Goltz/Dorothy Dow, Salome;
Edith Coates, Herodias; Monica Sinclair, Page; Vera Hoddinott, Sklave; Arthur Carron, Herodes; Edgar Evans, Narraboth; William
McAlpine, 1°Jude; David Tree, 2°Jude; Wilfred
Jones, 3°Jude; Emlyn
Jones, 4°Jude; Thorsteinn
Hannesson, 2°Nazarener; Marko
Rothmüller, Jochanaan;
Michael Langdon, Kappadozier;
Rhydderch Davies, 5°Jude;
Norman Walker, 1°Soldat; Douglas
Parnell, 2°Soldat; Marian
Nowakowski, 1°Nazarener
Vilem Tausky, conductor
22 February, 15, 24 April 1952
Performances 11-13 of this opera
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE Wagner
Helena Braun, Isolde; Constance
Shacklock, Brangäne; Set Svanholm, Tristan; Edgar Evans, Melot;
John Lanigan, Seemann; David Tree, Hirt; Rudolf Grossmann, Kurwenal;
Rhydderch Davies, Steuermann; Frederick Dalberg, König Marke
Erich Kleiber, conductor
12, 15, 22 May 1952
Performances 18-20 of this opera
MADAMA BUTTERFLY Puccini
Vixctoria Sladen, Butterfly; Monica Sinclair, Suzuki;
Joyce Livingstone, Kate Pinkerton; James Johnston, Pinkerton; David Tree, Goro;
Ronald Lewis, Yamadori; Tom Williams, Sharpless; Rhydderch Davies, zio
Bonzo; Ronald Firmager, commissario imperiale
Franco Capuana, conductor
31 May, 5, 9 June 1952
Performances 21-23 of this opera
