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GRAND OPERA SEASONS, COVENT GARDEN LONDON 1932 - 1939

1932

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Lotte Lehmann, Gladys Parr, Fritz Wolff, Heinrich Tessmer, Friedrich Schorr/Ludwig Hofmann, Eduard Habich, Philip Bertram; c. Thomas Beecham/John Barbirolli; 9 May 1932 (4 performances)

Das Rheingold: Josephine Wray, Maria Olczewska, Rispah Goodacre, Fritz Wolff, Heinrich Tessmer, Ludwig Hofmann, Eduard Habich; c. Robert Heger; 10 May 1932 (2 performances)

Tristan und Isolde: Frida Leider/Florence Easton, Maria Olczewska, Lauritz Melchior/Kurt Taucher, Herbert Janssen, Otto Helgers; Thomas Beecham; 11 May 1932 (3 performances)

Die Walküre: Frida Leider, Lotte Lehmann, Maria Olczewska, Lauritz Melchior/Walter Widdop, Friedrich Schorr/Ludwig Hofmann, Norman Allin; c. Robert Heger; 13 May 1932 (2 performances)

Siegfried: Frida Leider/Florence Easton, Rizpah Goodacre, Lauritz Melchior, Heinrich Tessmer, Friedrich Schorr/Ludwig Hofmann, Eduard Habich; c. Robert Heger; 16 May 1932 (2 performances)

Der fliegende Holländer: Odette de Foras, Fritz Wolff, Friedrich Schorr, Otto Helgers; c. Robert Heger; 18 May 1932 (2 performances)

Götterdämmerung: Frida Leider, Odette de Foras, Maria Olczewska, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Otto Helgers; c, Robert Heger; 19 May 1932 (2 performances)

Tannhäuser: Lotte Lehmann/Thea Philips, Oda Slobodskaya/Josephine Wray, Lauritz Melchior/Kurt Taucher, Herbert Janssen/Friedrich Schorr, Ludwig Hofmann; c. Thomas Beecham/Charles Webber; 23 May 1932 (3 performances)


1933

Der Rosenkavalier: Lotte Lehmann, Eva Hadrabova, Adele Kern, Alexander Kipnis, Eduard Habich; c. Thomas Beecham; 1 May 1933 (3 performances)

Das Rheingold: Josephine Wray. Maria Olczewska, Mary Jarred, Fritz Wolff, Hanns Fleischer, Friedrich Schorr, Eduard Habich; c. Robert Heger; 2 May 1933 (2 performances)

Die Walküre: Frida Leider/Florence Austral, Lotte Lehmann, Maria Olczewska/Mary Jarred, Fritz Wolff, Friedrich Schorr, Philip Bertram; c. Robert Heger; 3 May 1933 (2 performances)

Siegfried: Frida Leider/Florence Austral, Mary Jarred, Lauritz Melchior, Hanns Fleischer, Friedrich Schorr, Eduard Habich; c. Robert Heger; 5 May 1933 (2 performances)

Götterdämmerung: Frida Leider, Odette de Foras, Maria Olczewska, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen/Friedrich Schorr, Otto Helgers; c. Robert Heger; 8 May 1933 (2 performances)

Tristan und Isolde: Henny Trundt/Frida Leider, Maria Olczewska, Lauritz Melchior/Walter Widdop, Herbert Janssen, Otto Helgers; c. Thomas Beecham;
11 May 1933 (2 performances)

Parsifal: Gertrud Rünger, Fritz Wolff, Friedrich Schorr/Herbert Janssen, Alexander Kipnis, Eduard Habich; c. Robert Heger; 15 May 1933 (2 performances)

Aida: Eva Turner, Nina Giani/Muriel Brunskill, Francesco Battaglia, Dino Borgioli/Dennis Noble; c. Thomas Beecham/John Barbirolli; 22 May 1933 (3 performances)

La bohème: Rosetta Pampanini, Odette de Foras, Angelo Minghetti, Dino Borgioli, Aristide Baracchi, Giulio Tomei/Fernando Autori; c. John Barbirolli; 23 May 1933 (2 performances)

Tosca: Rosa Raisa, Angelo Minghetti, Cesare Formichi; c. Antonino Votto; 24 May 1933 (2 performances)

La Damnation de Faust: Gina Cigna, Giovanni Voyer, Cesare Formichi; c. Thomas Beecham; 26 May 1933 (3 performances)

Don Carlos: Gina Cigna, Nini Giani, Ulisse Lappas, Giacomo Rimini, Fernando Autori, Giulio Tomei; c. Thomas Beecham; 1 June 1933 (3 performances)

Otello: Rosetta Pampanini, Lauritz Melchior, Giacomo Rimini; c. Antonino Votto; 2 June 1933 (2 performances)


1934

Fidelio: Lotte Lehmann, Franz Voelker/Lauritz Melchior, Alfred Jerger, Alexander Kipnis, Erna Berger/Angela Kolniak, Erich Zimmermann; c. Thomas Beecham; 30 April 1934 (3 performances)

Das Rheingold: Angela Kolniak, Gertrude Rünger, Mary Jarred, Martin Kremer, Erich Zimmermann, Rudolf Bockelmann/Hermann Nissen, Eduard Habich; c. Thomas Beecham; 1 May 1934 (2 performances)

Die Walküre: Frida Leider, Lotte Lehmann, Gertrude Rünger, Franz Voelker, Rudolf Bockelmann/Hermann Nissen, Alexander Kipnis; c. Thomas Beecham; 2 May 1934 (2 performances)

Siegfried: Frida Leider, Mary Jarred, Lauritz Melchior, Erich Zimmermann, Rudolf Bockelmann/Hermann Nissen, Eduard Habich; c. Thomas Beecham; 4 May 1934 (2 performances)

Götterdämmerung: Frida Leider, Käte Heidersbach, Gertrude Rünger, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Emanuel List; c. Thomas Beecham; 7 May 1934 (2 performances)

Schwanda the Bagpiper: Viorica Ursuleac, Gertrude Rünger/Mary Jarred, Charles Kullmann, Paul Schöffler, Berthold Sterneck; c. Clemens Krauss; 11 May 1934 (3 performances)

ARABELLA (Richard Strauss): Viorica Ursuleac, Margit Bokor, Ellice Illiard, Martin Kremer, Berthold Sterneck, Alfred Bartolitius, Alfred Jerger; c. Clemens Krauss; 17 May 1934 (4 performances)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Käte Heidersbach/Maria Müller/Lotte Lehmann, Ruth Berglund, Lauritz Melchior/Eyvind Laholm, Martin Kremer/Hanns Fleisher, Rudolf Bockelmann, Eduard Habich, Herbert Janssen, Alexander Kipnis; c. Thomas Beecham; 22 May 1934 (4 performances)

La bohème: Eidé Noréna/Elisabeth Rethberg, Margit Bokor/Ruth Naylor, Angelo Minghetti/Dino Borgioli, John Brownlee/Arthur Fear/Emilio Ghirardini, Aristide Baracchi, Fernando Autori/Ezio Pinza; c. Gino Marinuzzi; 30 May 1934 (4 performances)

Turandot: Anne Roselle, Eidé Noréna, Armand Tokatyan, Ezio Pinza; c. Gino Marinuzzi; 31 May 1934 (3 performances)

Otello: Viorica Ursuleac/Joan Cross, Lauritz Melchior, John Brownlee; c. Thomas Beecham; 5 June 1934 (3 performances)

La cenerentola: Conchita Supervia, Dino Borgioli, Emilio Ghirardini, Ezio Pinza; c. Gino Marinuzzi; 12 June 1934 (2 performances)


1935

Lohengrin: Lotte Lehmann/Elisabeth Rethberg, Elisabeth Ohms/Sabine Kalter/Margarete Klose, Lauritz Melchior/Torsten Ralf, Max Hitzel, Herbert Janssen/Eduard Habich, Alexander Kipnis; c. Thomas Beecham; 29 April 1935 (4 performances)

Tristan und Isolde: Frida Leider, Sabine Kalter, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Alexander Kipnis; c. Thomas Beecham/Wilhelm Furtwängler; 30 April 1935 (4 performances)

La Cenerentola: Conchita Supervia, Dino Borgioli, Emilio Ghirardini, Vincenzo Bettoni/Ezio Pinza; c. Vincenzo Bellezza; 1 May 1935 (3 performances)

Das Rheingold: Josephine Wray, Sabine Kalter, Edith Furmedge, Hans Clemens, Hanns Fleischer, Rudolf Bockelmann, Eduard Habich; c. Thomas Beecham; 3 May 1935 (2 performances)

Die Walküre: Frida Leider/Anny Konetzni, Lotte Lehmann, Sabine Kalter, Lauritz Melchior, Rudolf Bockelmann, Emanuel List; c. Thomas Beecham; 6 May 1935 (2 performances)

Siegfried: Frida Leider/Anny Konetzni, Edith Furmedge, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Hanns Fleischer, Rudolf Bockelmann, Eduard Habich; c. Thomas Beecham; 9 May 1935 (2 performances)

Götterdämmerung: Frida Leider/Anny Konetzni, Rosalind von Schirach/Maria Nezadal, Sabine Kalter, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen/Paul Schöffler, Emanuel List; c. Thomas Beecham; 13 May 1935 (2 performances)


1936

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Tiana Lemnitz, Margery Booth, Torsten Ralf, Heddle Nash, Rudolf Bockelmann, Karl August Neumann, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber; c. Thomas Beecham; 27 April 1936 (3 performances)

Rigoletto: Margherita Perras, Margery Booth, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Alexander Sved/John Brownlee, Robert Easton/Ezio Pinza; c. Vincenzo Bellezza; 28 April 1936 (3 performances)

Parsifal: Frida Leider, Torsten Ralf, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber, Eduard Habich; c. Fritz Reiner; 29 April 1936 (2 performances)

Aida: Elisabeth Rethberg, Gertrud Wettergren, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, John Brownlee/Alexander Sved; Vincenzo Bellezza; 30 April 1936 (3 performances)

Das Rheingold: Josephine Wray, Kerstin Thorborg/Edith Furmedge, Edith Furmedge/Enid Szantho, Martin Kremer, Hanns Fleisher, Rudolf Bockelmann, Eduard Habich; c. Thomas Beecham; 6 May 1936 (2 performances)

Die Walküre: Frida Leider/Kerstin Flagstad, Elisabeth Rethberg, Kerstin Thorborg/Enid Szantho, Lauritz Melchior, Rudolf Bockelmann, Emanuel List, Ludwig Weber; c. Thomas Beecham; 8 May 1936 (2 performances)

Tosca: Maria Cigna, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi/Dino Borgioli/Giuseppe Lugo, Alexander Sved/John Brownlee/Paul Schöffler; c. Vincenzo Bellezza; 11 May 1936 (3 performances)

Siegfried:  Frida Leider/Kerstin Flagstad, Edith Furmedge/Enid Szantho, Lauritz Melchior, Hanns Fleischer, Rudolf Bockelmann/Max Roth, Eduard Habich; c. Thomas Beecham; 12 May 1936 (2 performances)

Götterdämmerung: Frida Leider/Kerstin Flagstad, Maria Nezadal, Kerstin Thorborg/Enid Szantho, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Emanuel List/Ludwig Weber; c. Thomas Beecham; 14 May 1936 (2 performances)

Tristan und Isolde: Kerstin Flagstad, Sabine Kalter, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Emanuel List; c. Fritz Reiner; 18 May 1936 (4 performances)

Louise: Bernadette Delprat, Jane Bourguignon, René Verdière/René Maison, Auguste Bouilliez; c. Malcolm Sargent; 26 May 1936 (3 performances)

Der Rosenkavalier: Elisabeth Rethberg, Tiana Lemnitz, Stella Andreva, Emanuel List, Karl August Neumann; c. Fritz Reiner; 1 June 1936 (3 performances)

Les contes d’Hoffmann: Stella Andreva, Bernadette Delprat (2), Margery Booth, Dino Borgioli, Ezio Pinza; c. Thomas Beecham; 4 June 1936 (2 performances)


1937

Otello: Fernanda Ciani/Eidé Noréna, Giovanni Martinelli, Cesare Formichi/Lawrence Tibbett; c. Thomas Beecham; 19 April 1937 (4 performances)

Ariane et Barbe-Bleue: Germaine Lubin, Keltie Lapeyrette, Bertrand Etcheverry; c. Philippe Gaubert; 20 April 1937 (2 performances)

Don Pasquale: Mafalda Favero, Dino Borgioli, Piero Basini, Umberto di Lelio; c. Francesco Salfi; 21 April 1937 (2 performances)

Parsifal: Kerstin Thorborg, Torsten Ralf, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber, Adolf Vogel; c. Fritz Reiner; 22 April 1937 (3 performances)

Turandot: Eva Turner, Mafalda Favero/Licia Albanese, Giovanni Martinelli, Giulio Tomei; c. John Barbirolli; 30 April 1937 (3 performances)

Alceste: Germaine Lubin, Georges Jouette, Martial Singher, Charles Paul; c. Philippe Gaubert; 6 May 1937 (1 performance)

Carmen: Eidé Noréna/Janine Micheau, Renée Gilly, Georges Thill/Giovanni Martinelli/André Burdino, Georges Doubrowsky/Dennis Noble; c. Thomas Beecham/Robert Ainsworth; 11 May 1937 (3 performances)

Aida: Gina Cigna/Eva Turner, Ebe Stignani/Rose Bampton, Giovanni Martinelli, Cesare Formichi/Lawrence Tibbett/Dennis Noble; c. Francesco Salfi; 12 May 1937 (5 performances)

Das Rheingold: Josephine Wray, Margarete Klose/Kerstin Thorborg, Edith Furmedge, Fritz Wolff, Erich Zimmermann, Rudolf Bockelmann, Eugen Fuchs, c. Wilhelm Furtwängler; 13 May 1937 (2 performances)

Tosca: Gina Cigna/Maria Caniglia, Giovanni Martinelli/Gustave Gallo, Lawrence Tibbett; c. John Barbirolli; 14 May 1937 (2 performances)

Die Walküre: Frida Leider/Kirsten Flagstad, Maria Müller, Margarete Klose/Kerstin Thorborg, Franz Voelker, Rudolf Bockelmann, Ludwig Weber, Wilhelm Furtwängler; 17 May 1937 (2 performances)

Siegfried: Frida Leider/Kirsten Flagstad, Edith Furmedge, Max Lorenz/Lauritz Melchior, Erich Zimmermann, Rudolf Bockelmann, Eugen Fuchs; c. Wilhelm Furtwängler; 19 May 1937 (2 performances)

Götterdämmerung: Frida Leider/Kirsten Flagstad, Maria Nezadal, Margarete Klose/Kerstin Thorborg, Max Lorenz/Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber; c. Wilhelm Furtwängler; 21 May 1937 (2 performances)

Pelléas et Mélisande: Lisa Perli, Renée Gilly, André Gaudin, Vanni Marcoux, Lucien Bernasconi; c. Albert Wolff; 25 May 1937 (3 performances)

Falstaff: Maria Caniglia, Licia Albanese, Angelica Cravcenco, Amalia Bertola, Luigi Fort, Cesare Formichi, Piero Biasini, Giulio Tomei; c. Thomas Beecham/Francesco Salfi; 31 May 1937 (3 performances)

Der fliegende Holländer: Kirsten Flagstad, Mary Jarred, Max Lorenz/Torsten Ralf, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber/Adolf Vogel; c. Fritz Reiner; 7 June 1937 (3 performances)

Prince Igor: Elena Karnicka/Sinaide Lissitschka, Angelica Cravcenco, André Burdino, Dennis Noble, Lucien Bernasconi, Georges Doubrowsky; c. Eugene Goossens; 9 June 1937 (4 performances)

Tristan und Isolde: Frida Leider/Kerstin Flagstad, Margarete Klose/Karin Branzell, Lauritz Melchior/Walter Widdop, Herbert Janssen/Paul Schöffler, Sven Nilsson/Ludwig Weber; c. Beecham; 14 June 1937 (4 performances)

Orfeo ed Euridice: Maggie Teyte, Stella Andreva, André Burdino; c. Fritz Reiner; 17 June 1937 (3 performances)

DON JUAN DE MANARA (Goossens): Stella Andreva, Margaret Carlisle, Marie Burke, Frank Sale, Lawrence Tibbett, Dennis Noble, Harold Williams; c. Eugene Goossens; 24 June 1937 (2 performances)


1938

Die Zauberflöte: Erna Berger, Tiana Lemnitz/Trude Eipperle, Irma Beilke, Richard Tauber/Julius Patzak, Heinrich Tessmer, Gerhard Hüsch, Wilhelm Strienz; c. Thomas Beecham; 2 May 1938 (3 performances)

Der fliegende Holländer: Margarete Kubatzki, Mary Jarred, Torsten Ralf, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber/Adolf Vogel; c. Erich Kleiber; 3 May 1938 (2 performances)

Der Rosenkavalier: Lotte Lehmann/Hilde Konetzni, Tiana Lemnitz, Erma Berger/Irma Bielke, Fritz Krenn, Eduard Habich/Hermann Wiedemann; Erich Kleiber/Fritz Zweig; 4 May 1958 (4 performances)

Elektra: Rose Pauly, Hilde Konetzni, Kerstin Thorborg, Fritz Wolff, Herbert Janssen; c. Thomas Beecham; 5 May 1938 (2 performances)

Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Erma Berger, Irma Bielke, Richard Tauber, Heddle Nash, Ludwig Weber; 10 May 1938 (2 performances)

Lohengrin: Tiana Lemnitz/Maria Reining, Kerstin Thorborg/Karin Branzell, Torsten Ralf/Lauritz Melchior, Rudolf Bockelmann/Herbert Janssen/Wilhelm Strienz; Thomas Beecham; 16 May 1938 (3 performances)

Fidelio: Rose Pauly, Irma Bielke, Helge Roswaenge, Karl Laufkötter, Fritz Krenn/Carl Kronenberg, Ludwig Weber; c. Thomas Beecham; 17 May 1938 (2 performances)

Das Rheingold: Anny von Stosch, Kerstin Thorborg/Karin Branzell, Mary Jarred, Fritz Wolff, Erich Zimmermann/Karl Laufkötter, Rudolf Bockelmann/Karl Kamann, Adolf Vogel; Wilhelm Furtwängler; 18 May 1938 (2 performances)

Die Walküre: Anny Konetzni/Frieda Leider, Hilde Konetzni/Tiana Lemnitz, Kerstin Thorborg, Lauritz Melchior, Rudolf Bockelmann/Karl Kamann, Ludwig Weber/Wilhelm Schirp; Wilhelm Furtwängler; 20 May 1938 (2 performances)

Siegfried: Anny Konetzni/Frieda Leider, Edith Furmedge, Lauritz Melchior, Erich Zimmermann/Karl Laufkötter, Rudolf Bockelmann/Karl Kamann, Adolf Vogel; 24 May 1938 (2 performances)

Götterdämmerung: Anny Konetzni/Frieda Leider, Anny von Stosch, Kerstin Thorborg, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber/Wilhelm Schirp; 27 May 1938 (2 performances)

Rigoletto: Lina Pagliughi/Luella Paikin, Olga de Franco, Beniamino Gigli, Carlo Tagliabue, Corrado Zambelli; c. Vittorio Gui; 31 May 1938 (3 performances)

Tosca: Iva Pacetti, Beniamino Gigli, Luigi Rossi-Morelli; c. Vittorio Gui; 2 June 1938 (2 performances)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Trude Eipperle/Tiana Lemnitz, Marie Luise Schilp, Torsten Ralf/Charles Kullman, Karl Laufkötter, Karl Kamann/Carl Kronenberg, Hermann Wiedemann, Herbert Janssen, Wilhelm Hiller; c. Thomas Beecham; 9 June 1938 (3 performances)

La bohème: Lisa Perli, Stella Andreva, Beniamino Gigli, Luigi Rossi-Morelli, Aristide Baracchi, Corrado Zambelli; c. Vittorio Gui; 13 June 1938 (2 performances)


1939

The Bartered Bride (Smetana): Hilde Konetzni, Stella Andreva, Richard Tauber, Heinrich Tessmer, Fritz Krenn; c. Thomas Beecham; 1 May 1939 (3 performances)

Parsifal: Germaine Lubin, Torsten Ralf, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Hofmann, Adolf Vogel; c. Felix Weingartner; 2 May 1939 (3 performances)

Turandot: Eva Turner, Mafalda Favero, José Luccioni, Corrado Zambelli; c. Constant Lambert; 3 May 1939 (2 performances)

Tannhäuser: Hilde Konetzni, Anny Helm, Torsten Ralf, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Hofmann; Felix Weingartner; 4 May 1939 (3 performances)

Tosca: Gina Cigna, Beniamino Gigli, Mario Basiola; c. Vittorio Gui; 9 May 1939 (3 performances)

Il trovatore: Gina Cigna, Gertrud Wettergren/Ebe Stignani, Jussi Björling/Arthur Carron, Mario Basiola/Armando Borgioli, Corrado Zambelli; 12 May 1939 (3 performances)

La traviata: Maria Caniglia, Baniamino Gigli, Mario Basiola; c. Vittorio Gui/Pietro Cimara; 22 May 1939 (3 performances)

Aida: Maria Caniglia/Eva Turner, Ebe Stignani, Beniamino Gigli, Armando Borgioli; c. Thomas Beecham/Wynn Reeves; 24 May 1939 (3 performances)

Tristan und Isolde: Germaine Lubin, Kerstin Thorborg, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Norman Walker; Thomas Beecham/Basil Cameron; 30 May 1939 (3 performances)

Otello: Maria Caniglia, Maria Huder, Lauritz Melchior, Mario Basiola; c. Vittorio Gui; 1 June 1939 (2 performances)

Don Giovanni: Elisabeth Rethberg, Hilde Konetzni, Mafalda Favero, Richard Tauber, Ezio Pinza, Virgilio Lazzari; Thomas Beecham/Wynn Reeves; 2 June 1939 (3 performances)

Das Rheingold: Josephine Wray, Kerstin Thorborg, Mary Jarred, Adolf Fischer, Karl Laufkötter, Paul Schöffler, Jean Stern; c. Thomas Beecham; 3 June 1939 (1 performance)

Die Walküre: Anny Konetzni, Hilde Konetzni, Kerstin Thorborg, Lauritz Melchior, Emil Treskow, Ludwig Weber; c. Thomas Beecham; 9 June 1939 (1 performance)

Siegfried: Anny Konetzni, Edith Furmedge, Lauritz Melchior, Karl Laufkötter, Emil Treskow, Jean Stern; Thomas Beecham; 12 June 1939 (1 performance)

Götterdämmerung: Anny Konetzni, Maria Nezadal, Kerstin Thorborg, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber; c. Thomas Beecham; 14 June 1939 (1 performance)

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