1949-1950
THE OLYMPIANS Bliss
Shirley Russell/Adele Leigh, Madeleine; Margherita
Grandi, Diana; Edith
Coates, mme Bardeau; Murray
Dickie/Parry Jones, priest;
James Johnston/Rudolf Schock, Hector
de Florac; Thorsteinn Hannessonn, Bacchus; Kenneth Schon/Jess Walters, Jupiter; Ronald Lewis, Jean; Rhydderch
Davies, Alfred; Howell
Glynne, Joseph Lavatte; David
Franklin, Mars; Moyra
Fraser, Venus
Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn, conductor
Peter Brook, director
John Bryan, designer
29 September, 1, 7, 18, 24 October, 1, 29 November, 22 December 1949, 9
January, 3 February 1950
Performances 1-10 of this opera
LA TRAVIATA Verdi
Stella
Andreva/Audrey Bowman/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Violetta; Enid Stone, Annina; Rosina Raisbeck/Jean Watson, Flora; Kenneth
Neate/Rudolf Schock, Alfredo;
Edgar Evans, Gastone; David
Tree/Emlyn Jones, Giuseppe;
J Arthur Kellet, commissionario;
Jess Walters/John Cameron, Germont;
Marian Nowakowski, Douphol;
Ernest Davies, Grenvil;
Geraint Evans/Ronald Lewis, d'Obigny;
Charles Morris, domestico
Reginald Goodall, conductor
30 September, 10, 26 October, 10 November, 16
December 1949, 19 January, 24 February, 13 May 1950
Performances 24-31 of this opera
LA
BOHÈME
Puccini
Stella Andreva/Victoria de los Angeles/Elizabeth Schwarzkopf/Shirley
Russell, Mimi; Ljuba
Welitsch/Audrey Bowman, Musetta;
Rudolf Schock/Kenneth Neate, Rodolfo;
Dennis Stephenson, Parpignol;
Jess Walters, Marcello;
Geraint Evans, Schaunard;
David Franklin/Marian Nowakowski, Colline;
Grahame Clifford, Benoit;
David Tree, Alcindoro;
Hubert Littlewood/Ernest Rosser, doganiere
Warwick Braithwaite, conductor
3, 22, 31 October,
17, 28 November, 14 December 1949, 1 February, 1 March, 11 May 1950
Performances 15-23 of this opera
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Mozart
Sylvia Fisher/Elisabeth Abercrombie, contessa Rosina; Shirley Russell/Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf/Emmy Loose, Susanna;
Iris Kells, Barbarina;
Adele Leigh, Cherubino;
Edith Coates/Jean Watson, Marcellina;
Murray Dickie/Dennis Stephenson, Don
Basilio; David Tree, Don
Curzio; Geraint Evans, Figaro;
John Brownlee/Jess Walters, conte
Almaviva; Howell Glynne, Bartolo;
Rhydderch Davies, Antonio
Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn, conductor
4, 13, 21 October, 21 November, 13 December
1949, 10 January, 14 February, 29 May 1950
Performances 10-17 of this opera
AIDA Verdi
Ljuba Welitsch/Doris Dorée, Aida; Rosina
Raisbeck, sacerdotessa; Edith
Coates/Constance Shacklock, Amneris;
Franz Lechleitner/Thorsteinn Hannesson, Radamès;
Dennis Stephenson, messaggero;
Jess Walters/Kenneth Schon, Amonasro;
Marian Nowakowski/Kenneth Stevenson, Re;
Norman Walker/David Franklin, Ramfis
Warwick Braithwaite, conductor
5, 12, 15, 19, 27 October, 2 November, 23, 29
December 1949
Performances 19-26 of this opera
FIDELIO Beethoven
Sylvia Fisher, Leonore; Shirley Russell/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Marzelline; Thorsteinn
Hannesson, Florestan; Dennis
Stephenson, Jaquino; Charles
Craig, 1°Gefangener; Tom
Williams, Don Pizarro; David
Franklin, Rocco; Marian
Nowakowski, Don Fernando; Edward
Thomas, 2°Gefangener
Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn, conductor
11 October, 12 November 1949, 3 January 1950
Performances 9-11 of this opera
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Mozart
Shirley
Russell/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Blanche Turner, Pamina; Erna Berger/Audrey
Bowman/Maria Stader, Königin
der Nacht; Sylvia Fisher, Erste
Dame Adele
Leigh, Erster Knabe; Megan Thomas-Davies, Zweiter Knabe; Monica Sinclair, Dritter
Knabe; Norah Cannell, Papagena; Rosina Raisbeck, Zweite Dame; Jean Watson, Dritte Dame; Kenneth Neate/Murray
Dickie/Rudolf Schock, Tamino; Parry Jones/David Tree, Monostatos; Edgar Evans/Thorsteinn
Hannesson, Erster Priester; Edgar Evans/Thorsteinn Hannesson, Erster
Geharnischter; John Brownlee/Jess Walters, Papageno; Marian
Nowakowski/Norman Walker, Sarastro;
Rhydderch
Davies/Tom Williams/Kenneth Schon/John Cameron, Sprecher; Geraint Evans/Rhydderch Davies, Zweiter Priester; Geraint
Evans/Rhydderch Davies, Zweiter Geharnischter
Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn,
conductor
6, 17 October, 4, 24 November, 7
December 1949, 5 January, 10 February, 22 May 1950
Performances
33-40 of this opera
RIGOLETTO Verdi
Erna Berger/Audrey Bowman, Gilda; Adele Leigh, contessa Ceprano; Vera Hoddinott, paggio; Lilian Simmons, Giovanna; Edith Coates/Monica
Sinclair, Maddalena; Kenneth Neate/Murray Dickie, duca
di Mantova; Edgar Evans, Matteo
Borsa; Tom Williams/Jess
Walters, Rigoletto; Rhydderch
Davies, Monterone; Ernest Davies, Marullo; Geraint Evans, Ceprano; David Franklin, Sparafucile; Ronald Lewis, usciere
Peter Gellhorn, conductor
8, 25 October, 7, 16 November, 9 December 1949, 4 January 1950
Performances 19-24 of this opera
IL TROVATORE Verdi
Margherita
Grandi, Leonora; Jean Watson, Ines; Edith Coates, Azucena;
Libero de Luca/Arthur Carron, Manrico; Dennis Stephenson, Ruiz;
Emlyn Jones, messo; Jess Walters, conte di Luna; Marian
Nowakowski/Hervey Alan, Ferrando; Hubert Littlewood, vecchio
zingaro
Peter
Gellhorn, conductor
20
October, 5 November, 6, 19 December 1949, 12 January 1950
Performances
17-21 of this opera
DER ROSENKAVALIER Richard Strauss
Sylvia
Fisher/Doris Dorée, Marschallin;
Muriel Rae/Muriel Burnett, Marianne; Jacqueline Browning, Modistin;
Erna
Berger/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Emmy Loose, Sophie; Constance Shacklock, Octavian;
Vera Evans, 1°Waise; Vera Hoddinott, 2°Waise; Jean Watson, Annina;
Lilian Simmons, 3°Waise; Parry Jones, Valzacchi; Kenneth Neate/Murray
Dickie/Rudolf Schock, Sänger; Edgar
Evans, Haushofmeister bei Faninal;
David
Tree/Dennis Stephenson, Haushofmeister
bei der Marschallin; David Tree, Wirt; Emlyn Jones, Tierhändler;
Thomas Fletcher, 1°Lakai; John Campbell, 1°Kellner; Ronald Lewis, 3°Lakai;
Alan Hudson, 3°Kellner: Grahame Clifford/Ronald Lewis, Faninal; Arthur Kellet, 2°Lakai
Afan Davies, 2°Kellner; Howell Glynne/David
Franklin, Baron Ochs; Rhydderch Davies, Polizeikommissär:
Rhydderch Davies, Notar; ?, Arzt; Hubert Littlewood, 4°Lakai; Kenneth MacDonald, 4°Kellner
Karl
Rankl/Peter Gellhorn, conductor
28
October, 15 November, 10, 20 December 1949, 16 February, 9 May 1950
Performances
21-26 of this opera
CARMEN Bizet
Blanche
Turner/Patricia Howard, Micaela; Audrey Bowman, Frasquita;
Martha Mödl/Constance
Shacklock/Eugenia Zareska/Edith Coates, Carmen;
Rosina Raisbeck, Mercédès; Franz Vroons/Kenneth Neate/Edgar Evans/James
Johnston, Don José; David Tree, Remendado;
Geraint Evans/Jess Walters, Escamillo; Grahame Clifford, Dancairo; ?, Guide; Rhydderch Davies, Morales; Ernest Davies, Zuniga;
J Arthur Kellet, Lillas Pastia
29
October, 3, 8, 25 November, 3, 8 December 1949, 3 January, 3 March, 26 May 1950
Performances
40-48 of this opera
SALOME Richard Strauss
Ljuba Welitsch, Salome; Constance
Shacklock, Herodias; Jean Watson, Page; Vera Hoddinott, Sklave;
Franz Lechleitner, Herodes; Edgar
Evans, Narraboth; Murray Dickie, 1°Jude; David
Tree, 2°Jude; Dennis Stephenson, 3°Jude; Emlyn Jones, 4°Jude; Thorsteinn Hannesson, 2°Nazarener; Kenneth Schon, Jochanaan; Kenneth Stevenson, Kappadozier; Rhydderch Davies, 5°Jude; Norman Walker, 1°Soldat; Geraint Evans, 2°Soldat; Marian Nowakowski, 1°Nazarener;
Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn, conductor
Peter Brook, director
Salvador Dali, designer
11, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30 November 1949
Performances 1-6 of this opera
BORIS GODUNOV Mussorgsky
Adele Leigh, Ksyeniya; Valetta
Iacopi, mamka Ksyenii; Edith
Coates, hozyayka korchmi; Constance
Shacklock, Marina Mnishyek; Monica
Sinclair, Fyeodor; Parry
Jones/Thorsteinn Hannesson, knyaz'
Vasiliy Shooyskiy; Edgar Evans, Samozvanyets pod imyenyem Grigoriya; David Tree, Misail, brodyachiy monah;
Dennis Stephenson, Yoorodiviy;
Rhydderch Davies, Andryey
Shshyelkalov; Rhydderch Davies, iyezooit Lavitskiy; Thomas Fletcher, boyarin Hrooshshov; Emlyn
Jones, Boyarye; Boris
Cristoff, Boris Godoonov;
David Franklin, Pimyen;
John Cameron, Rangoni;
Howell Glynne, Varlaam;
Hubert Littlewood, Mityooha; Geraint
Evans, Mikitich; Ronald
Lewis, Chyernikovskiy; Ronald
Lewis, Policeman
Warwick Braithwaite, conductor
19, 23 November, 2, 5 December 1949
Performances 6-9 of this opera
LOHENGRIN Wagner
Sylvia Fisher, Elsa; Edith Coates/Rosina Raisbeck/Muriel
Brunskill, Ortrud; Myfanwy Edwards, 1°Edelknabe; Elizabeth Goodall, 2°Edelknabe;
Adele Leigh, 3°Edelknabe; Monica Sinclair, 4°Edelknabe; Franz
Lechleitner/Arthur Carron/Thorsteinn Hannesson/Karl Friedrich, Lohengrin;
John Cameron, 1°brabantische Edle; Ernest Davies, 2°brabantische Edle; Tom
Williams, Telramund; Rhydderch Davies, Heerrufer; Norman
Walker/Marian Nowakowski/Norman Stear, Heinrich der Vogler; Dennis
Stephenson, 3°brabantische Edle; David Tree, 4°brabantische Edle
Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn, conductor
Otto Erhardt, director
Pre-war set designs
15, 17, 21, 27 December 1949, 18 January, 8, 23 February, 3 May, 3 June
1950
Performances 1-9 of this opera
MADAMA BUTTERFLY Puccini
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Victoria Sladen/Doris Dorée, Butterfly; Monica
Sinclair, Suzuki; Adele Leigh, Kate Pinkerton; Kenneth Neate/Rudolf
Schock, Pinkerton; David Tree, Goro; Ernest Davies, Yamadori;
Tom Williams/Jess Walters, Sharpless; Rhydderch Davies/Ronald
Lewis, zio Bonzo; Hubert Littlewood, commissario imperiale
Warwick Braithwaite, conductor
Robert Helpmann, director
Sophie Fedorovitch, designer
17, 25, 28, 30 January, 7, 22, 27 February, 6, 15 May 1950
Performances 1-9 of this opera
MANON Massenet
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Manon; Adele Leigh, Poussette;
Monica Sweeney, servante; Iris Kells, Javotte; Monica Sinclair, Rosette;
Walter Midgley, chevalier Des Grieux;
Parry Jones, Guillot de Morfontaine; Afan Davies, joueur; Geraint Evans,
Lescaut;
Hubert Littlewood, 1°garde; Ernest Davies, De Brétigny; Eric Thornton, sergent; Kenneth Stevenson, hôtelier; Jess Walters, comte Des Grieux; Charles
Morris, 2°garde; Ieuan Evans, joueur
Warwick
Braithwaite, conductor
18,
24, 27, 31 May 1950
Performances
13-16 of this opera
DAS
RHEINGOLD Wagner
Blanche Turner, Freia;
Audrey Bowman, Woglinde;
Rosina Raisbeck, Wellgunde;
Edith Coates/Constance Shacklock, Fricka;
Monica Sinclair, Flosshilde;
Jean Watson, Erda; Edgar
Evans, Froh; Set
Svanholm, Loge; Erich
Zimmermann/Peter Klein, Mime;
Andreas Boehm, Wotan; Ludwig
Weber, Fasolt; Grahame
Clifford, Alberich; Rhydderch
Davies, Donner; Marian
Nowakowski, Fafner
Karl Rankl, conductor
Friedrich Schramm, producer
Pre-war designs
8, 19 June 1950
Performances 3-4 of this opera
DIE WALKÜRE Wagner
Sylvia Fisher, Sieglinde; Kirsten Flagstad, Brünnhilde; Elizabeth Abercrombie, Gerhilde; Blanche Turner, Ortlinde; Audrey Bowman, Helmwige; Jean Watson, Schwertleite; Constance Shacklock, Grimgerde; Monica Sinclair, Siegrune; Rosina Raisbeck, Rossweisse Edith Coates/Constance
Shacklock, Fricka; Edith Coates,
Waltraute; Set Svanholm, Siegmund; Andreas Boehm, Wotan; Ludwig Weber, Hunding
Karl Rankl, conductor
10, 21 June 1950
Performances 11-12 of this opera
SIEGFRIED Wagner
Kirsten Flagstad, Brünnhilde;
Audrey Bowman, Waldvogel;
Jean Watson, Erda; Set
Svanholm, Siegfried; Erich
Zimmermann/Peter Klein, Mime;
Andreas Boehm, Wanderer/Wotan;
Grahame Clifford, Alberich;
Norman Walker, Fafner
Karl
Rankl, conductor
Friedrich
Schramm, director
Pre-war
designs
14, 23
June 1950
Performances
6-7 of this opera
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG Wagner
Kirsten Flagstad, Brünnhilde;
Doris Dorée, Gutrune; Audrey
Bowman, Woglinde; Elizabeth
Abercrombie, Wellgunde;
Sylvia Fisher, 3°Norn;
Constance Shacklock, 1°Norn;
Edith Coates, Waltraute;
Constance Shacklock, Flosshilde;
Rosina Raisbeck, 2°Norn;
Set Svanholm, Siegfried; Paul
Schoeffler, Gunther; Grahame
Clifford, Alberich; Ludwig
Weber, Hagen
Karl Rankl, conductor
Friedrich Schramm, director
Pre-war designs
17, 26 June 1950
Performances 3-4 of this opera
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