SADLERS WELLS AND ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERAS 1968 - 1970 Catalogue of Productions (work in progress)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SADLER’S WELLS AND ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA AT THE LONDON COLISEUM

 

CATALOGUE OF PRODUCTIONS 1968 – 1970

 

This catalogue lists each new production at the London Colosseum from 1968, when Sadler’s Wells Opera moved to the theatre, with details of the casts on the first performance each season the production was revived.

The move from the old theatre involved many productions which were transferred, and these are noted with an (*). Other productions were newly created.

 

 

 

 

 

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

 

LEONORE (original version of Fidelio)

 

First Production: 18 March 1969 (directed by Basil Coleman)

1969-1970: Pauline Tinsley, Hugh Beresford, Norman Bailey, Don Garrard: Charles Mackerras

 

Hector BERLIOZ

 

THE DAMNATION OF FAUST

 

First Production: 13 August 1969 (directed by Michael Geliot)

1969-1970: Margaret Curphey, Alberto Remedios, Raimund Herincx: Charles Mackerras

 

Georges BIZET

 

CARMEN

 

First Production: 6 May 1970 (directed by John Copley)

1969-1970: Ann Howard, David Hughes, Lorna Haywood, Geoffrey Chard: Charles Mackerras

 

Benjamin BRITTEN

 

GLORIANA

 

First Production*: 19 February 1969 (directed by Colin Graham)

1968-1969: Sylvia Fisher, David Hillman, Gerwyn Morgan, Shirley Chapman, Jennifer Vyvyan, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Gwynne Howell: Mario Bernardi

 

Engelbert HUMPERDINCK

 

HÄNSEL UND GRETEL

 

First Production*: 26 December 1968 (directed by Glen Byam Shaw)

1968-1969: Margaret Neville, Patricia Kern, Neil Easton, Janice Chapman, Ronald Dowd: Mario Bernardi

 

Claudio MONTEVERDI

 

ORFEO

 

First Performance*: 20 March 1969 (directed by Patrick Libby)

1968-1969: John Wakefield: Raymond Leppard

1969-1970: Alexander Young: Hazel Vivienne

 

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

 

COSÍ FAN TUTTE

 

First Production*: 25 March 1970 (directed by Glen Byam Shaw)

1969-1970: Anne Evans, John Brecknock, Katherine Pring, John Gibbs, Margaret Neville, Noel Easton: W. James Craig

 

DON GIOVANNI

 

First Production: 21 August 1968 (directed by John Gielgud)

1968-1969: Leonard Delaney, Donna Faye-Carr, Donald Pilley, Pauline Tinsley, Stafford Dean, Margaret Neville: Mario Bernardi

1969-1970: Geoffrey Chard, Ava June, Donald Pilley, Elizabeth Harwood, Stafford Dean,

Margaret Neville: Charles Mackerras

 

IDOMENEO

 

First Production*: 9 February 1970 (directed by Glen Byam Shaw)

1969-1970: Ronald Dowd, Josephine Barstow, Ann Evans, Kay Williams: Charles Mackerras

 

THE MAGIC FLUTE

 

First Production*: 23 April 1969 (directed by Frank Hauser)

1968-1969: Alexander Young, Margaret Curphey, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Rhonda Bruce, Don Garrard: Charles Mackerras

1969-1970: William McAlpine, Anne Evans, Julian Moyle, Rhonda Bruce, Don Garrard: George Tintner

 

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

 

First Production*: 12 November 1968 (directed by John Blatchley)

1968-1969: Raimund Herincx, Margaret Curphey, Tom McDonnell, Margaret Neville, Shirley Chapman: Roderick Brydon

 

Jacques OFFENBACH

 

LA BELLE HÉLÈNE

 

First Production*: 24 September 1968 (directed by Basil Coleman)

1968-1969: Joan Davis, John Brecknock, Denis Dowling, Derek Hammond-Stroud, John Fryatt: Terence Kern

 

BLUEBEARD AND HIS SIX WIVES

 

First Production*: 11 November 1968 (directed by Gillian Lynne

1969-1970: John Brecknock, Ann Howard, John Fryatt, Margaret Burton: Roderick Brydon

 

ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD

 

First Production*: 22 August 1968 (directed by Wendy Toye)

1968-1969: Iris Kells, Kevin Miller, Emile Belcourt, John Delaney, Eric Shilling: John Barker

 

LA VIE PARISIENNE

 

First Production*: 16 April 1969 (directed by Wendy Toye)

1968-1969: John Fryatt, Heather Begg, Kevin Miller, Emile Belcourt, Margaret Burton, Iris Kells: George Tintner

 

Sergei PROKOFIEV

 

THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES

 

First Production*: 2 January 1970 (directed by Peter Coe)

1969-1970: Gregory Dempsey, Don Garrard, Julian Moyle, Kevin Miller, Eric Stannard, Janice Chapman: David Lloyd-Jones

 

Giacomo PUCCINI

 

LA BOHÈME

 

First Production*: 6 November 1968 (directed by John Blatchley)

1968-1969: Anne Evans, David Hillman, Elizabeth Fretwell, James Singleton: Bryan Balkwill

1969-1970: Donna Faye-Carr, Donald Pilley, Catherine Duval, Robert Bickerstaff: Roderick Brydon

 

MADAMA BUTTERFLY

 

First Production*: 5 February 1969 (directed by Colin Graham)

1968-1969: Ava June, David Hughes, Neil Easton, Gillian Knight: Mario Bernardi

1969-1970: Maria Pellegrini, Donald Pilley, Neil Easton, Katherine Pring: Roderick Brydon

 

Gioacchino ROSSINI

 

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

 

First Production*: 25 March 1969 (directed by Douglas Craig)

1968-1969: Terence Sharp, Wendy Baldwin, John Winfield, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Eric Stannard: John Matheson

1969-1970: Julian Moyle, Georgetta Psaros, Ryland Davies, Eric Shilling, Clifford Grant: Kenneth Montgomery

 

 

COUNT ORY

 

First Production*: 14 November 1969 (directed by Anthony Besch)

1969-1970: Francis Egerton, Catherine Wilson, Katherine Pring, Anthony Raffell, Maureen Morelle: Maurits Sillem

 

THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS

 

First Production: 15 October 1968 (directed by Wendy Toye)

1968-1969: Patricia Kern, John Winfield, Julian Moyle, Harold Blackburn: Mario Bernardi

1969-1970: Gillian Knight, Francis Egerton, Denis Dowling, Harold Blackburn: Bryan Balkwill

 

THE THIEVING MAGPIE

 

First Production: 15 May 1969 (directed by Anthony Besch)

1968-1969: Margaret Curphey, Harold Blackburn, Louis Browne, Don Garrard: Bryan Balkwill

 

Camille SAINT-SAËNS

 

SAMSON ET DALILA

 

First Production*: 15 November 1968 (directed by Keith Beattie)

1968-1969: Ronald Dowd, Ann Howard, Robert Bickerstaff, Tom McDonnell: Roderick Brydon

 

Johann STRAUSS

 

DIE FLEDERMAUS

 

First Production*: 8 March 1969 (directed by Glen Byam Shaw)

1968-1969: Catherine Wilson, Emil Belcourt, Margaret Gale, Rowland Jones, Shirley Chapman: Henry Krips

1969-1970: Catherine Wilson, Emil Belcourt, Margaret Gale, Rowland Jones, Heather Begg: John Matheson

 

Richard STRAUSS

 

ARIADNE ON NAXOS

 

First Production*: 8 August 1969 (directed by Anthony Besch)

1969-1970: Margaret Kingsley, Jon Weaving, Jenifer Eady, Margreta Elkins: Charles Mackerras

 

Igor STRAVINSKY

 

THE RAKE’S PROGRESS

 

First Production*: 20 November 1969 (directed by Glen Byam Shaw)

1969-1970: Gregory Dempsey, Margaret Neville, Raimund Herincx, Ann Howard: Charles Mackerras

 

Arthur SULLIVAN

 

IOLANTHE

 

First Production*: 2 April 1969 (directed by Eric Shilling)

1968-1969: Eric Shilling, Denis Dowling, John Brecknock, Margaret Gale, Alan Charles, Heather Begg, Gillian Knight: Richard Fisher

 

PATIENCE

 

First Production: 9 October 1969 (directed by John Cox)

1969-1970: Wendy Baldwin, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Emile Belcourt, Heather Begg, Eric Shilling: Kenneth Montgomery

 

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

 

THE QUEEN OF SPADES

 

First Production*: 18 February 1969 (directed by Anthony Besch)

1969-1970: Catherine Wilson, David Hillman, Edith Coates, Norman Welsby, Geoffrey Chard: John Matheson

 

Giuseppe VERDI

 

THE FORCE OF DESTINY

 

First Production: 18 December 1968 (directed by Colin Graham)

1968-1969: Pauline Tinsley, Donald Smith, Robert Bickerstaff, Don Garrard, Joyce Blackham, Derek Hammond-Stroud: Bryan Balkwill

1969-1970: Pauline Tinsley, Donald Pilley, Robert Bickerstaff, Clifford Grant, Joyce Blackham, Derek Hammond Stroud: Bryan Balkwill

 

RIGOLETTO

 

First Production*: 2 September 1968 (directed by Michael Geliot)

1968-1969: Raimund Herincx, Maria Pellegrini, Donald Smith: Kenneth Montgomery

1969-1970: Raymond Myers, Margaret Neville, Keith Erwen: Bryan Balkwill

 

LA TRAVIATA

 

First Production*: 8 January 1969 (directed by William Royston)

1968-1969: Margaret Curphey, David Hillman, Julian Moyle: Kenneth Montgomery

1969-1970: Margaret Curphey, Keith Erwen, Geoffrey Chard: John Matheson

 

Richard WAGNER

 

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN*

 

First Production: 29 January 1969 (directed by Dennis Arundell)

1968-1969: Norman Bailey, Milla Andrew, Gregory Dempsey, Harold Blackburn: John Matheson

1969-1970: Raimund Herincx, Judith Turner, Hugh Beresford, Don Garrard: Bryan Balkwill

 

THE MASTERSINGERS OF NUREMBURG

 

First Production*: 24 August 1968 (directed by Glen Byam Shaw)

1968-1969: Norman Bailey, Margaret Curphey, Alberto Remedios, Gregory Dempsey, Derek Hammond-Stroud: Reginald Goodall

1969-1970: Norman Bailey, Margaret Curphey, Alberto Remedios, Gregory Dempsey, Derek Hammond-Stroud: Reginald Goodall

 

THE VALKYRIE

 

First Production: 29 January 1970 (directed by Glen Byam Shaw and John Blatchley)

1969-1970: Rita Hunter, Alberto Remedios, Ava June, Norman Bailey, Ann Howard, Clifford Grant: Reginald Goodall

 

Malcolm WILLIAMSON

 

LUCKY PETER

 

World Premiere: 18 December 1968 (directed by John Cox)

1969-1970: Geoffrey Chard, Jennifer Vyvyan, April Cantelo: John Barker

 

THE VIOLINS OF SAINT-JACQUES

 

First Production*: 27 November 1968 (directed by John Blatchley)

1968-1969: April Cantelo, David Hillman, Jennifer Vyvyan, Emile Belcourt, Shirley Chapman, Raimund Herincx: John Barker

1969-1970: April Cantelo, David Hillman, Jennifer Vyvyan, Emile Belcourt, Shirley Chapman, Raimund Herincx: John Barker