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COVENT GARDEN: up to 1939

1911 Autumn Opera Season (16 October to 9 December) [Grand Opera Syndicate]

1911 (4 Dec): KONIGSKINDER - Humperdinck (ROH, Cvt Gdn)
Frau Gura-Hummel, Frau Langendorff, Otto Wolf, Rudolf Hofbauer, Joannes Fonss; c:Franz Schalk [4pp, 7.5x10, pink; cast list, forthcoming repertoire including concert with Anton Van Rooy; w.2pp 'argument' sheet insert; vertical fold and light marks, else VG] (£5) SOLD

1919-20 Beecham Winter Season (3 November to 20 December; 24 February to 10 April 1920)

1919 (9 Dec): NAIL - de Lara (ROH, Cvt Gdn)
Rosina Buckman, Frank Mullings, Percy Heming, Walter Hyde, Foster Richardson, William Michael; c: Beecham, des: Charles Ricketts [4pp, 7.5x10, beige; cast list, story of the opera, "future arrangements", ticket prices; fragile, with some edge damage, but of course unusual] (£4) SOLD

1922-23 British National Opera Season (26 December 1922 to 20 January 1923)

1923 (11 Jan): SIEGFRIED (ROH, Cvt Gdn)
William Boland, Florence Austral, Sydney Russell, Robert Parker, William Michael, Doris Lemon, Edna Thornton; c:Eugene Goossens [4pp, 7.5x10, pink; cast list, 'future arrangements' (w.casting details), ticket prices; fragile, some edge damage, slightly tatty, but of course unusual] (£4) SOLD

1923 British National Opera Season (14 May to 30 June 1923)

1923 (23 May): AIDA (ROH, Cvt Gdn)
Florence Austral, Frederick Blamey, Edna Thornton, Robert Parker, William Anderson, Norman Allin, May Blyth, Seph Jones; c:Julius Harrison [4pp, 7.5x10, pink; cast list, 'future arrangements' (w.casting details), ticket prices; fragile, with some edge damage, slightly tatty, but of course unusual] (£4) SOLD

1924 British National Opera Season (7 January to 16 February 1924)

1924 (10 Jan): LA BOHEME (ROH, Cvt Gdn)
Miriam Licette, Tudor Davies, William Michael, Doris Lemon, William Anderson, Herbert Langley, Sydney Russell, Seph Jones; c: Julius Harrison [4pp, 7.5x10, pink; cast list, 'future arrangements' (w.casting details), ticket prices; fragile, with some edge damage, slightly tatty, but of course unusual] (£4) SOLD

1924 (19 Jan): MADAM BUTTERFLY (ROH, Cvt Gdn)
Isabel Rhys-Parker, Browning Mummery, Robert Parker, Constance Willis, Sydney Russell, Peggie Mitchell, Raymond Ellis, Frederic Collier, Leon Russell; c: Aylmer Buesst [4pp, 7.5x10, pink; cast list, 'future arrangements' (w.casting details), ticket prices; fragile, with some edge damage, slightly tatty, but of course unusual] (£4) SOLD

1932 Covent Garden Opera Company Tour

1932 (8-20 Feb): COVENT GARDEN OPERA COMPANY (Golders Green Hippodrome) Flyer
Flyer with full details of the two week season, including repertoire list and full casts; "Opera in English - Full Orchestra of 50"; repertoire included ROSENKAVALIER, BUTTERFLY, BOHEME, FLEDERMAUS, VALKYRIE, CAV & PAG, BARBER, & MASTERSINGERS; casts included many famous (and not so famous) singers, mostly British; conductors were Barbirolli, Boult, Webber, Perry, Ainsworth, Coop; a fascinating souvenir, full of detail [4pp; 8.75x5.5; includes ticket prices - best stalls were 7s 6d] (£5) SOLD

1932 (28 Jan): DIE FLEDERMAUS in English (Streatham Hill Theatre)
Covent Garden Opera Company: Thea Philips, Ben Williams, Percy Heming, Gladys Parr, Roy Devereux, Frank Sale, Nora Gruhn, William Michael; c:John Barbirolli [28pp, 5.5x8.5, 'magazine' programme, full of interest; cast, synopsis, repertoire for the fortnight, prices, forthcoming attraction; "Opera in English" tour; a few light creases, else VG; uncommon] (£4) SOLD

1932 (1 Feb): THE VALKYRIE in English (Streatham Hill Theatre)
Covent Garden Opera Company: Monica Warner, Horace Stevens, Walter Widdop, Marjorie Parry, Norman Allin, Rispah Goodacre; c:Adrian Boult
[28pp, 5.5x8.5, 'magazine' programme, full of interest; cast, synopsis, repertoire for the week, prices, forthcoming attractions; "Opera in English" tour; a few light creases, else VG; uncommon] (£4) SOLD

1933 Grand Opera Season (1 May to 9 June)

1933 (9 June): DON CARLOS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Gina Cigna, Ulisse Lappas, Nini Giani, Giacomo Rimini, Fernando Autori; c:Beecham [44pp; 7.5x10 beige; Last Night of the Season; cast list, story of the opera, adverts; lightly creased] £5

1934 Grand Opera Season (30 April to 15 June)

1934 (8 May): FIDELIO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Lotte Lehmann, Franz Volker, Alexander Kipnis, Alfred Jerger, Herbert Janssen, Erna Berger; c:Beecham [4pp; 7.5x10 beige; cast list, story of the opera, forthcoming repertoire, adverts; lightly creased] (£5) SOLD

1934 (10 May): FIDELIO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior, Alexander Kipnis, Alfred Jerger; c:Beecham [4pp; 7.5x10 pink; cast list, story of the opera, forthcoming repertoire, adverts; flimsy, creases, edges slightly frayed] (£5) SOLD

1935 Grand Opera Season (29 April to 17 June)

1935 (13 Jun): PRINCE IGOR (ROH, CvtGdn)
Herbert Janssen, Elizabeth Rethberg, Charles Kullmann, Schoeffler, Kipnis, Branzell; c:Beecham [4pp; 7.5x10 cream; cast list, story of the opera, forthcoming repertoire, adverts; light creases] (£5) SOLD

1935 Imperial League of Opera Season (23 September to 5 October)

1935 (27 Sep): KOANGA (ROH, CvtGdn)
John Brownlee, Oda Slobodskaya, Willis; c:Beecham [4pp; 7.5x10 cream; cast list, story of the opera, forthcoming repertoire, adverts; some edge damage and light creases] (£4) SOLD

1936 Grand Opera Season (27 April to 12 June)

1936 (27 Apr): DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG (ROH, CvtGdn) Opening Night of the Season
Rudolph Bockelmann, Tiana Lemnitz, Torsten Ralf, Ludwig Weber, Neumann, Janssen, Heddle Nash; c:Beecham [4pp; 7.5x10 cream; cast list, story of the opera, adverts; light creases] (£5) SOLD

1936 (15 May): AIDA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Elizabeth Rethberg, Wettergren, Lauri-Volpi, de Sved, Pinza; c:Bellezza [4pp; 7.5x10 pink; cast list, story of the opera, forthcoming repertoire, adverts; light creases] (£5) SOLD

1936 (19 May): TOSCA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Gina Cigna, Dino Borgioli, John Brownlee; c:Bellezza [4pp; 7.5x10 pink; cast list, story of the opera, forthcoming repertoire, adverts; light folds, else VG] (£5) SOLD

1936 (5 June): LOUISE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Bernadette Delprat, Rene Maison, August Bouilliez, Robert Easton, Jane Bourguignon, Audrey Langford, Robert Alva; c:Dr Malcolm Sargent [4pp, 7.5x10; cast list, story of the opera, forthcoming repertoire, adverts; light folds, else VG] £5

1936 Dresden State Opera Company's Season (2 to 13 November)
No programmes available

1936 British Music Drama Season (18 November to 8 December)

1936 (Nov-Dec): British Music Drama Season Prospectus (ROH, CvtGdn)
Repertoire to include PICKWICK (Albert Coates), BORIS GODOUNOV, THE FAIR OF SOROCHINSK, MADAME BUTTERFLY, PAGLIACCI, THE WILD BOAR [JULIA] (Roger Quilter); Artistic Direction: Albert Coates, Vladimir Rosing; "All British Cast" and London Symphony Orchestra; singers include Enid Cruickshank, Elena Danieli, Janet Hamilton-Smith, Gerald Davies, John Hargreaves, Dennis Noble, William Parsons, Francis Russell, Frank Sale, James Topping, Norman Walker, Henry Wendon, Harold Williams, Watcyn Watcyns; PLUS Subscription Application Form
[4pp; 7.5x10; contains repertoire details, company list, credits, prices; light crease, else VG; MOST unusual] (£8) SOLD

1936 (21 Nov): MADAME BUTTERFLY (ROH, CvtGdn)
Elena Danieli, Henry Wendon, Dennis Noble, Sarah Fischer, Gerald Davies; c:Arthur Hammond, producer:Vladimir Rosing [4pp; 7.5x10 pink; cast list, story of the opera, company list, forthcoming repertoire, adverts; light creases] (£5) SOLD

1936 (5 Dec): JULIA - Roger Quilter (ROH, CvtGdn)
Margaret Bannerman, Henry Wendon, Isobel Salkeld, Ralph Roberts; c:Albert Coates, prod:Henry Cass [4pp; 7.5x10 cream; cast list, credits, story of the opera, forthcoming arrangements, adverts; light horizontal crease, some light marks and edge damage - but unusual] (£11) SOLD

1936-37 Winter Opera Season (26 December to 23January)

1937 (21 Jan): UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (ROH, CvtGdn) London and Provincial Opera Society
Eva Turner, Constance Willis, Dino Borgioli, Brownlee; c:Salfi [4pp; 7.5x10 pink; cast list, story of the opera, forthcoming repertoire, adverts; flimsy, creases, edges slightly frayed] (£5) SOLD

1937 Grand Opera Coronation Season (19 April to 30 June)

1937: Coronation Season of International Opera 1937 (ROH, CvtGdn) Souvenir Brochure
Substantial brochure with colour cover, complete repertoire listing and more than 70 photographs; biographies and photos of Caniglia, Tibbett, Leider, Martinelli, Flagstad, Bockelman, Melchior, Turner, Muller, Ticozzi, Cigna, Albanese, Stignani, Burdino, Brownlee, Cravcenco, Gaudin, Andreva, Janssen, Thorborg; articles on Wagner, Verdi, Gluck, Puccini; photos of Furtwangler, Salfi, Gaubert, Goossens, A.Wolff, Reiner, Barbirolli, Ciani, Borgioli, F.Wolff, Volker, Perli, Gilly, Formichi, Dua, Thill, Ralf, Favero, Wray, Lorenz, Furmedge, Zimmermann, Schoffler, Weber, Lubin, Craven, Wendon, Nezadal, Easton, Langford, Willis, B.Williams, Noble, Stenning, Maryska, Malone, Jarred, Hitchen, Heming, Ballard, Barrand, Reynolds, Ainsworth, Moor, Croxford, Colonel W.de Basil's Ballets Russes (Massine, Baronova, Riabouchinska, Tchernicheva, Gregorieff, Lichine, Danilova, Morosova, Jasinsky); scenes from FALSTAFF, TOSCA, DON PASQUALE, TRISTAN, HOLLANDER, ORPHEE, and other photos and line drawings (including a 1935 auditorium shot of a Royal visit) [60pp, 6x9; almost loose from one staple, slightly rumpled, else VG] £11

1937 (19 Apr): OTELLO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Giovanni Martinelli, Ciana, Formichi; c:Beecham [4pp; 6x9; dark blue & black on cream; cast list, story of the opera, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming repertoire] (£5) SOLD

1937 (29 Apr): DON PASQUALE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Mafalda Favero, Dino Borgioli, di Lelio, Biasini; c:Salfi [4pp; 6x9; black & purple on pink; cast list, story of the opera, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming repertoire] (£4) SOLD

1937 (6 May): ALCESTE - Gluck (ROH, CvtGdn)
Germaine Lubin, Singher; c:Gaubert [4pp; 6x9; dark blue & black on cream; cast list, story of the opera, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming repertoire] £4

1937 (10 June): FALSTAFF (ROH, CvtGdn)
Formichi, Caniglia, Albanese, Fort, Biasini, Cravcenco; c:Beecham [4pp; 6x9; black & purple on pink; cast list, story of the opera, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming repertoire] (£4) SOLD

1937 Imperial League of Opera Season (29 November to 11 December)

1937 (10 Dec): LA BOHEME (ROH, CvtGdn)
Lisa Perli, Heddle Nash, Dennis Noble, Naylor, Robert Easton, R.Alva; c:Ainsworth [4pp; 7.5x10 pink; cast list, story of the opera, forthcoming repertoire, adverts; flimsy, light creases] (£4) SOLD

1938 Grand Opera Season (2 May to 17 June)

1938 (23 May): DER ROSENKAVALIER (ROH, CvtGdn)
Hilde Konetzni, Tiana Lemnitz, Beilke, Krenn, W.Booth; c:Zweig [16pp; 7.25x9.25, blue, gold and red on white, w.pink centre pages; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes; 21 photos of participating artists; synopsis; spine slightly split] (£4) SOLD

1938 (6 June): RIGOLETTO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Carlo Tagliabue, Lina Pagliughi, Beniamino Gigli; c:Vittorio Gui [16pp; 7.25x9.25; blue, gold and red on white, w.cream centre pages; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes; 21 photos of participating artists; broadcast performance] (£5) SOLD

1938 (16 June): DIE ZAUBERFLOTE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Julius Patzak, Tiana Lemnitz, Strienz; c:Beecham [16pp; 7.25x9.25; blue, gold and red on white, w.pink centre pages; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes; 21 photos of participating artists; spine slightly split] (£4) SOLD

1938 English Opera Season (10 to 29 October)

1938 (10 Oct): FAUST (ROH, CvtGdn)
Heddle Nash, Harold Williams, Lisa Perli, Dennis Noble, Frank Sale, Oscar Natzke, Mae Craven, Vera De Villiers; c:Stanford Robinson, production supervised by Vladimir Rosing [4pp, 7.4x9.5; cast list, story of the opera, credits etc.] £5

1938 (11 Oct): MADAME BUTTERFLY (ROH, CvtGdn)
Noel Eadie (for Maggie Teyte), Henry Wendon, Arthur Fear, Constance Willis, Richard Watson; c:Eugene Goossens [4pp, 7.4x9.5; substitution slip; cast list, story of the opera, credits etc.] (£5) SOLD

1938 (19 Oct): CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and I PAGLIACCI (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ben Williams, Mae Craven, Booth Hitchin, Frank Sale, Hella Toros, Dennis Noble; c:Arthur Hammond, Robert Ainsworth [4pp, 7.4x9.5; cast list, story of the opera, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.] (£5) SOLD

1939 Grand Opera Season (1 May to 16 June)

1939 (1 May): THE BARTERED BRIDE (ROH, CvtGdn) Opening Night of Season
Hilde Konetzni, Richard Tauber, Krenn; c:Beecham [16pp; 7.25x9.25; blue and red on white, w.cream centre pages; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes; 21 photos of participating artists] (£5) SOLD

1939 (16 May): TANNHAUSER (ROH, CvtGdn)
Hilde Konetzni, Torsten Ralf, Janssen, Hofmann; c:Weingartner [16pp; 7.25x9.25; blue and red on white, w.pink centre pages; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes; 21 photos of participating artists] £4

1939 (19 May): TOSCA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Gina Cigna, Beniamino Gigli, Basiola; c:Gui [16pp; 7.25x9.25; blue and red on white, w.cream centre pages; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes; 21 photos of participating artists] (£5) SOLD

1939 (23 May): IL TROVATORE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Gina Cigna, Jussi Bjorling, Ebe Stignani, Armando Borgioli; c:Gui [16pp; 7.25x9.25; blue and red on white, w.pink centre pages; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes; 21 photos of participating artists] (£5) SOLD

1939 (2 Jun): DON GIOVANNI (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ezio Pinza, Elizabeth Rethberg, Richard Tauber, Konetzni, Favero, Lazzari, Baracchi; c:Beecham [16pp; 7.25x9.25; blue and red on white, w.pink centre pages; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes; 21 photos of participating artists; cover discoloured] (£5) SOLD

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