Tuesday, 20 December 2016

COVENT GARDEN OPERA, LONDON 1947 - 1951



1947

CARMEN (Bizet): Edith Coates, Muriel Rae/Blanche Turner, Kenneth Neate, Dennis Noble/Jess Walters/Bruce Dargavel; c. Karl Rankl/Reginald Goodall; 14 January 1947 (19 performances)

MANON (Massenet) (13): Virginia McWatters, Heddle Nash/Edgar Evans, Dennis Noble/George Hancock; c. Reginald Goodall; 30 January 1947 (13 performances)

DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart): Victoria Sladen/Blanche Turner/Vera Terry, Audrey Bowman/ Virginia McWatters, Olive Dyer/Joyce Edmanson, Kenneth Neate, Grahame Clifford/Jess Walters, Oscar Natzka/David Franklin; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 20 March 1947 (17 performances)

DER ROSENKAVALIER (Richard Strauss): Doris Dorée, Victoria Sladen, Virginia McWatters/Leni Lynn, David Franklin; c. Karl Rankl; 22 April 1947 (11 performances)

TURANDOT (Puccini) (8): Eva Turner, Vera Terry, Walter Midgley, Oscar Natzka/Bruce Dargavel; c. Constant Lambert; 29 May 1947 (8 performances)

IL TROVATORE (Verdi): Doris Dorée/Audrey Bowman, Edith Coates, Arthur Carron, Jess Walters; c. Reginald Goodall; 23 June 1947 (4 performances)


1947 – 1948

RIGOLETTO (Verdi): Elda Ribetti/Leni Lynn/Audrey Bowman, Edith Coates/Denise Francis-Sirou/Rosina Raisbeck, Kenneth Neate, Paolo Silveri/Tom Williams, David Franklin; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 31 October 1947 (10 performances)

Der Rosenkavalier: Doris Dorée/Elizabeth Abercrombie, Victoria Sladen/Muriel Rae, Leni Lynn/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Blanche Turner, David Franklin; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 1 November 1947 (6 performances)

Turandot: Eva Turner, Muriel Rae/Muriel Burnett, Walter Midgley, Marian Nowakowski; c. Reginald Goodall; 4 November 1947 (5 performances)

Il trovatore: Doris Dorée/Audrey Bowman, Edith Coates/Constance Shacklock, Arthur Carron/Walter Midgley, Paolo Silveri; c. Reginald Goodall; 5 November 1947 (6 performances)

PETER GRIMES (Britten): Joan Cross/Doris Dorée, Edith Coates, Constance Shacklock, Peter Pears/Richard Lewis, Hubert Norville, Tom Williams; c. Karl Rankl/Reginald Goodall; 6 November 1947 (15 performances)

Carmen: Muriel Rae/Blanche Turner/Victoria Sladen, Edith Coates/Constance Shacklock, Kenneth Neate/Frank Sale, Paolo Silveri/Tom Williams/George Hancock; c. Karl Rankl/Reginald Goodall; 20 November 1947 (8 performances)

DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (Wagner): Victoria Sladen/Blanche Turner, Frank Sale, Heddle Nash/Hubert Norville, Hans Hotter/Tom Williams, Grahame Clifford; c. Karl Rankl/Reginald Goodall; 21 January 1948 (8 performances)

Die Zauberflöte: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Victoria Sladen/Blanche Turner, Audrey Bowman, Kenneth Neate, Arnold Matters/Grahame Clifford, David Franklin/Marian Nowakowski; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 3 February 1948 (8 performances)

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Wagner): Kirsten Flagstad, Constance Shacklock, August Seider, Hans Hotter/Tom Williams, Walker/David Franklin; c. Karl Rankl/Reginald Goodall; 19 February 1948 (10 performances)

DIE WALKÜRE (Wagner): Kirsten Flagstad, Doris Dorée, Edith Coates, Arthur Carron, Hans Hotter, David Franklin; c. Karl Rankl; 3 March 1948 (6 performances)

LA TRAVIATA (Verdi): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Blanche Turner, Kenneth Neate, Paolo Silveri; c. Reginald Goodall; 6 April 1948 (10 performances)

BORIS GODUNOV (Mussorgsky) (5): Constance Shacklock, Edgar Evans, Hubert Norville, Paolo Silveri/Marian Nowakowski, David Franklin, Howell Glynne; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 12 May 1948 (5 performances)


1948 – 1949

AIDA (Verdi): Ljuba Welitsch/Doris Dorée/Willa Stewart/Joan Hammond, Edith Coates/Constance Shacklock, Torsten Ralf/Franco Beval/Thorsteinn Hannesson, Paolo Silveri/Jess Walters/Marko Rothmüller; c. Karl Rankl/Reginald Goodall/Warwick Braithwaite; 29 September 1948 (18 performances)

Die Zauberflöte: Shirley Russell/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Audrey Bowman, Kenneth Neate/Murray Dickie/Rudolf Schock, Arnold Matters/Jess Walters, Marian Nowakowski; c. Peter Gellhorn/Karl Rankl; 30 September 1948 (7 performances)

Der Rosenkavalier: Doris Dorée/Elizabeth Abercrombie, Constance Shacklock, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Shirley Russell, David Franklin; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 1 October 1948 (4 performances)

La traviata: Blanche Turner/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Audrey Bowman, Kenneth Neate/Rudolf Schock, Paolo Silveri/Jess Walters/Tom Williams; c. Karl Rankl/Reginald Goodall; 4 October 1948 (14 performances)

Peter Grimes: Doris Dorée/Cross/Elizabeth Abercrombie, Edith Coates, Valetta Iacopi, Richard Lewis/Peter Pears, Hubert Norville, Tom Williams; c. Karl Rankl/Reginald Goodall/Peter Gellhorn; 5 October 1948 (5 performances)

Il trovatore: Joan Hammond/Doris Dorée, Edith Coates/Constance Shacklock, Libero di Luca/Arthur Carron, Paolo Silveri/Jess Walters; c. Reginald Goodall; 6 October 1948 (6 performances)

Boris Godunov: Constance Shacklock, Edgar Evans/Richard Lewis, Hubert Norville, Paolo Silveri, David Franklin, Howell Glynne; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 8 October 1948 (3 performances)

Carmen: Else Brems/Edith Coates/Eugenia Zareska/Constance Shacklock, Blanche Turner/Muriel Rae, Frans Vroons/Kenneth Neate, Paolo Silveri/Tom Williams/Jess Walters/Marko Rothmüller; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn/Warwick Braithwaite; 9 October 1948 (11 performances)

Rigoletto: Solange Delmas/Audrey Bowman/Erma Berger/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Edith Coates, Kenneth Neate/Eugene Conley, Tom Williams/Paolo Silveri/Marko Rothmüller, Marian Nowakowski/David Franklin; c. Peter Gellhorn; 14 October 1948 (8 performances)

LA BOHÈME (Puccini): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Joan Hammond/Shirley Russell, Ljuba Welitsch/Audrey Bowman/Blanche Turner/Muriel Rae, Rudolf Schock/Kenneth Neate/Eugene Conley, Paolo Silveri/Jess Walters, Geraint Evans, David Franklin/Marian Nowakowski; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn/Warwick Braithwaite; 15 October 1948 (14 performances)

SIEGFRIED (Wagner): Astrid Varnay/Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Peter Klein/Peter Markwort, Hans Hotter/Kenneth Schon, Grahame Clifford; c. Karl Rankl; 11 November 1948 (5 performances)

Die Walküre: Astrid Varnay/Kirsten Flagstad, Doris Dorée, Edith Coates, Set Svanholm, Hans Hotter/Kenneth Schon, David Franklin/Trevor Anthony; c. Karl Rankl; 13 November 1948 (4 performances)

Tristan und Isolde: Astrid Varnay/Kirsten Flagstad, Constance Shacklock, Set Svanholm, Hans Hotter/Paul Schöffler, Norman Walker; c. Karl Rankl; 15 November 1948 (4 performances)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Irmgard Seefried, Set Svanholm/Franz Lechleitner/Thorsteinn Hannesson, Murray Dickie/Hubert Norville, Tom Williams, Grahame Clifford; c. Karl Rankl/Warwick Braithwaite; 23 November 1948 (3 performances)

FIDELIO (Beethoven): Sylvia Fisher/Joan Hammond, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Shirley Russell, Thorsteinn Hannesson, Stephenson, Tom Williams, David Franklin/Rhydderch Davies; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 9 December 1948 (8 performances)

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Mozart): Sylvia Fisher/Doris Dorée/Elizabeth Abercrombie, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Irmgard Seefried/Shirley Russell, Eugenia Zareska/Adèle Leigh, Hans Braun/Jess Walters, Geraint Evans; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 22 January 1949 (9 performances)

DAS RHEINGOLD (Wagner): Edith Coates, Set Svanholm, Peter Klein/Peter Markwort, Hans Hotter, Grahame Clifford; c. Karl Rankl; 12 May 1949 (2 performances)

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (Wagner): Kirsten Flagstad, Doris Dorée, Set Svanholm, Hans Hotter, Deszö Ernster; c. Karl Rankl; 25 May 1949


1949 – 1950

THE OLYMPIANS (Bliss): Margherita Grandi/Audrey Bowman, Shirley Russell/Adèle Leigh, Edith Coates, James Johnston/Rudolf Schock, Thorsteinn Hannesson, Murray Dickie/Parry Jones, Kenneth Schon/Jess Walters, Ronald Lewis; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 29 September 1949 (10 performances)

La traviata: Stella Andreva/Audrey Bowman/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kenneth Neate/Rudolf Schock, Jess Walters/John Cameron; c. Reginald Goodall; 30 September 1949 (8 performances)

La bohème: Stella Andreva/Shirley Russell/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Victoria de los Angeles, Ljuba Welitsch/Audrey Bowman, Rudolf Schock/Kenneth Neate, Jess Walters, Geraint Evans, David Franklin/Marian Nowakowski; c. Warwick Braithwaite; 3 October 1949 (9 performances)

Le nozze di Figaro: Sylvia Fisher/Elizabeth Abercrombie, Shirley Russell/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Emmy Loose, Adèle Leigh, John Brownlee/Jess Walters, Geraint Evans; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 4 October 1949 (8 performances)

Aida: Ljuba Welitsch/Doris Dorée, Edith Coates/Constance Shacklock, Franz Lechleitner/Thorsteinn Hannesson, Jess Walters/Kenneth Schon; c. Warwick Braithwaite; 5 October 1949 (8 performances)

Die Zauberflöte: Shirley Russell/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Blanche Turner, Erma Berger/Maria Stader/Audrey Bowman/Muriel Burnett, Kenneth Neate/Murray Dickie/Rudolf Schock, John Brownlee/Jess Walters, Marian Nowakowski/Norman Walker; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 6 October 1949 (8 performances)

Rigoletto: Erma Berger/Audrey Bowman, Edith Coates/Monica Sinclair, Kenneth Neate/Murray Dickie, Tom Williams/Jess Walters, David Franklin; c. Peter Gellhorn; 8 October 1949 (6 performances)

Fidelio: Sylvia Fisher, Shirley Russell/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Thorsteinn Hannesson, Dennis Stephenson, Tom Williams, David Franklin; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 11 October 1949 (3 performances)

Peter Grimes: Doris Dorée/Cross/Elizabeth Abercrombie, Edith Coates, Valetta Iacopi/Monica Sinclair, Richard Lewis/Peter Pears, Murray Dickie/Parry Jones, Tom Williams; c. Reginald Goodall; 14 October 1949 (6 performances)

Il trovatore: Margherita Grandi, Edith Coates/Constance Shacklock, Libero di Luca/Arthur Carron, Jess Walters; c. Peter Gellhorn; 20 October 1949 (5 performances)

Der Rosenkavalier: Sylvia Fisher/Doris Dorée, Constance Shacklock, Erma Berger/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Emmy Loose, Howell Glynne; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 28 October 1949 (6 performances)

Carmen: Martha Mödl/Eugenia Zareska/Constance Shacklock/Edith Coates, Blanche Turner/Patricia Howard, Frans Vroons/Kenneth Neate/Edgar Evans/James Johnston, Geraint Evans/Jess Walters; c. Warwick Braithwaite/Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 29 October 1949 (9 performances)

Salome: Ljuba Welitsch, Constance Shacklock, Franz Lechleitner, Kenneth Schon; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 11 November 1949 (6 performances)

Boris Godunov: Constance Shacklock, Edgar Evans, Parry Jones/Thorsteinn Hannesson, Boris Christoff, David Franklin, Howell Glynne; c. Warwick Braithwaite; 19 November 1949 (4 performances)

Lohengrin: Sylvia Fisher, Edith Coates/Rosina Raisbeck/Muriel Brunskill, Franz Lechleitner/Arthur Carron/Thorsteinn Hannesson/Karl Friedrich, Tom Williams, Norman Walker/Marian Nowakowski/Ronald Stear; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 15 December 1949 (9 performances)

Madama Butterfly: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Victoria Sladen/Blanche Turner/Doris Dorée, Kenneth Neate/Rudolf Schock/James Johnston, Tom Williams/Jess Walters; c. Warwick Braithwaite; 17 January 1950 (9 performances)

Manon: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Walter Midgley, Geraint Evans; c. Warwick Braithwaite; 18 May 1950

Das Rheingold: Edith Coates/Constance Shacklock, Set Svanholm, Erich Zimmermann/Peter Klein, Andreas Boehm, Grahame Clifford, Ludwig Weber; c. Karl Rankl; 8 June 1950 (2 performances)

Siegfried: Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Erich Zimmermann/Peter Klein, Andreas Boehm, Grahame Clifford; c. Karl Rankl; 14 June 1950 (2 performances)

Götterdämmerung: Kirsten Flagstad, Doris Dorée, Set Svanholm, Paul Schöffler, Ludwig Weber; c. Karl Rankl; 17 June 1950 (2 performances)

Tristan und Isolde: Kirsten Flagstad, Constance Shacklock, Set Svanholm, Paul Schöffler, Norman Walker; c. Karl Rankl; 29 June 1950 (2 performances)

Die Walküre: Kirsten Flagstad, Sylvia Fisher, Edith Coates/Constance Shacklock, Set Svanholm, Andreas Boehm, Ludwig Weber; c. Karl Rankl; 10 June 1950 (2 performances)


1950 – 1951

Der fliegende Holländer: Sylvia Fisher/Rosina Raisbeck, Thorsteinn Hannesson/Edgar Evans, Josef Metternich, Norman Walker/Marian Nowakowski; c. Karl Rankl; 19 October 1950 (8 performances)

La traviata: Clara Ebers/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Audrey Bowman/Hjördis Schymberg, James Johnston/Walter Midgley/Richard Lewis, Jess Walters/John Cameron; c. Peter Gellhorn; 20 October 1950 (10 performances)

BORIS GODUNOV: Constance Shacklock, Edgar Evans/Thorsteinn Hannesson, Ludwig Weber/Marian Nowakowski/Boris Christoff, Norman Walker/Kenneth Stevenson, Howell Glynne/Michael Langdon; c. Warwick Braithwaite; 21 October 1950 (8 performances)

La bohème: Blanche Turner/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Victoria de los Angeles/Joan Hammond, Audrey Bowman/Blanche Turner/Ljuba Welitsch, Walter Midgley, Jess Walters/Arnold Matters, Geraint Evans, Marian Nowakowski/Norman Walker; c. Peter Gellhorn; 26 October 1950 (12 performances)

Aida: Joan Hammond/Zadek/Astrid Varnay, Edith Coates, Franz Lechleitner/Hopf, Marko Rothmüller/Jess Walters; c. Warwick Braithwaite/Karl Rankl; 27 October 1950 (10 performances)

Manon: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Victoria de los Angeles, Walter Midgley/Edgar Evans, Geraint Evans; c. Warwick Braithwaite; 28 October 1950 (5 performances)

Il trovatore: Joan Hammond/Doris Dorée/Audrey Bowman/Astrid Varnay, Edith Coates/Monica Sinclair, Walter Midgley/James Johnston, Marko Rothmüller/Jess Walters; c. Peter Gellhorn; 31 October 1950 (9 performances)

Madama Butterfly: Joan Hammond/Blanche Turner/Victoria de los Angeles, James Johnston/Walter Midgley, Tom Williams/Jess Walters; c. Warwick Braithwaite; 3 November 1950 (11 performances)

Lohengrin: Sylvia Fisher/Victoria de los Angeles, Rosina Raisbeck, Franz Lechleitner/Thorsteinn Hannesson, Tom Williams, Norman Walker/Marian Nowakowski; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 8 November 1950 (6 performances)

Le nozze di Figaro: Sylvia Fisher, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Emmy Loose, Adèle Leigh, Jess Walters, Geraint Evans; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 11 November 1950 (6 performances)

Die Zauberflöte: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Uta Graf, Wilma Lipp/Muriel Burnett/Rayen Quitral, Richard Lewis/Peter Pears/Dennis Stephenson, Jess Walters, Marian Nowakowski/Norman Walker; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn/Erich Kleiber; 1 November 1950 (8 performances)

Carmen: Martha Mödl/Constance Shacklock, Patricia Howard/Uta Graf/Blanche Turner, James Johnston/Edgar Evans, Geraint Evans; c. Karl Rankl/Warwick Braithwaite/Erich Kleiber; 2 November 1950 (8 performances)

Der Rosenkavalier: Sylvia Fisher, Constance Shacklock, Erma Berger/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Uta Graf, Howell Glynne; c. Karl Rankl/Erich Kleiber/Peter Gellhorn; 4 November 1950 (8 performances)

Rigoletto: Wilma Lipp/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Erma Berger/Audrey Bowman, Hjördis Schymberg, Edith Coates, Walter Midgley/James Johnston/Anthony Marlowe, Marko Rothmüller/Jess Walters/Tom Williams, Marian Nowakowski/Michael Langdon; c. Peter Gellhorn/Erich Kleiber/Emanuel Young; 6 November 1950 (9 performances)

TOSCA (Puccini): Hilde Zadek/Sara Menkes/Ljuba Welitsch, Walter Midgley/James Johnston/Anthony Marlowe, Marko Rothmüller/Otakar Kraus; c. Warwick Braithwaite/Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 18 November 1950 (12 performances)

Fidelio: Sylvia Fisher/Christel Goltz/Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Uta Graf/Adèle Leigh, Thorsteinn Hannesson/Peter Anders/Julius Patzak, Dennis Stephenson, Tom Williams, Rhydderch Davies/Howell Glynne; c. Karl Rankl/Peter Gellhorn; 21 November 1950 (5 performances)

PIKOVAYA DAMA (Tchaikovsky): Hilde Zadek, Edith Coates, Edgar Evans, Jess Walters, Marko Rothmüller; c. Erich Kleiber; 21 December 1950 (6 performances)

SALOME (Richard Strauss): Christel Goltz/Astrid Varnay, Constance Shacklock/Edith Coates, Arthur Carron, Marko Rothmüller; c. Karl Rankl; 25 January 1951 (4 performances)

THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS (Vaughan Williams): iris Kells, Audrey Bowman, Barbara Howitt, Arnold Matters, Inia Te Wiata/Bryan Drake, Norman Walker/Kenneth Stevenson; c. Leonard Hancock; 26 April 1951 (7 performances)

Das Rheingold: Blanche Turner, Set Svanholm, Peter Klein, Hans Hotter, Otakar Kraus; c. Karl Rankl; 4 May 1951 (2 performances)

Die Walküre: Anny Konetzni/Astrid Varnay, Sylvia Fisher/Kirsten Flagstad, Edith Coates, Set Svanholm, Hans Hotter/Sigurd Björling, Gottlob Frick; c. Karl Rankl; 10 May 1951 (3 performances)

Siegfried: Astrid Varnay, Set Svanholm, Peter Klein, Hans Hotter, Kraus; c. Karl Rankl; 18 May 1951

Götterdämmerung: Kirsten Flagstad, Sylvia Fisher, Set Svanholm, Marko Rothmüller, Gottlob Frick; c. Karl Rankl; 24 May 1951 (2 performances)

Tristan und Isolde: Kirsten Flagstad, Constance Shacklock, Set Svanholm, Sigurd Björling, Norman Walker; c. Clemens Krauss/Karl Rankl; 29 May 1951 (5 performances)

PARSIFAL (Wagner): Kirsten Flagstad, Franz Lechleitner, Sigurd Björling, Otakar Kraus, Ludwig Weber; c. Karl Rankl; 16 June 1951 (4 performances)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Elisabeth Grümmer, Peter Anders, Murray Dickie, Karl Kamann/Hans Hotter, Benno Kusche; c. Thomas Beecham; 29 June 1951 (4 performances)


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