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ROYAL OPERA HOUSE,
COVENT GARDEN: 1940s
1940 International Opera Season
(cancelled)
1940: INTERNATIONAL OPERA SEASON 1940 (ROH, CvtGdn)
Flyer
Flyer with details of the proposed (and subsequently cancelled) 1940
season, commencing April 29th, and under the direction of Sir Thomas
Beecham, Bart.; subscription rates, application form, repertoire list
("at least 15 operas"), fascinating Covent Garden seating plan [6pp;
5.75x8.9; most unusual] £6
1946 (20 Feb): Covent Garden re-opened by the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company with THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
1946 San Carlo Opera, Naples visit (September
to November)
No programmes available
1946-47 Covent Garden Opera Company Season (12 December to 5 July)
1946 (12 Dec): Covent Garden Opera & Sadler's Wells Ballet Companies unite for THE FAIRY QUEEN (Purcell)
1947 (14 Jan): Covent Garden Opera Company gives first complete post-war opera performance - CARMEN (Bizet)
1947 (25 Jan): THE FAIRY QUEEN in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Margaret Rawlings, Robert Helpmann, Edgar Evans, Olive
Dyer, Audrey Bowman, Constance Shacklock, Gladys Palmer, Harcourt Williams,
Michael Hordern, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, etc.;
c:C.Lambert [4.9x7.5 white; with punch-holes and a few marks - but unusual]
£4
1947 (9 May): ROSENKAVALIER in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Doris Doree, David Franklin, Victoria Sladen, Virginia MacWatters, Grahame Clifford, Kenneth Neate, Hubert Norville, Constance Shacklock, Bruce Dargavel, Edgar Evans; c:Karl Rankl, p:Joan Cross [4.9x7.5 white, VG] £4
1947 (28 Jun): TURANDOT in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Eva Turner, Walter Midgeley, Vera Terry; c:Lambert [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD
1947 Vienna State Opera visit (16 September to
4 October)
No programmes available
1947 English Opera Group (8 to 18
October)
No programmes available
1947-48 Covent Garden Opera Company (31
October to 5 June)
1947 (7 Nov): IL TROVATORE in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Doris Doree, Edith Coates, Arthur Carron, Paolo Silveri, Marian Nowakowski; c:Reginald Goodall, p:Julius Gellner [4.9x7.5, 8pp, white; slightly faded and rumpled, but uncommon] £3
1947 (8 Nov): TURANDOT in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Eva Turner, Walter Midgeley, Muriel Rae; c:Reginald Goodall [4.9x7.5 white; this
performance was to have been PETER GRIMES, but P.Pears was ill - an insert
sheet details the new info] (£3) SOLD
1947 (13 Nov): PETER GRIMES (ROH, CvtGdn)
Peter Pears, Joan Cross, Williams; c:Goodall [4.9x7.5 white]
£3
1947 (21 Nov): RIGOLETTO in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Paolo Silveri, Elda Ribetti, Kenneth Neate, Edith Coates, David Franklin; c:Karl Rankl, p:Julius Gellner [4.9x7.5, 8pp, white; slightly faded and rumpled, but uncommon] £3
1948 (22 March-15 May): Opera and Ballet (ROH, CvtGdn) Repertoire Leaflet
Calendar and Casting for 8 weeks of Opera and Ballet Performances; THE MAGIC FLUTE, THE VALKYRIE, TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, LA TRAVIATA, THE MASTERSINGERS, PETER GRIMES, CARMEN, BORIS GODUNOV etc.; with Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Kirsten Flagstad, Hans Hotter, Carron, Seider, Shacklock, Matters, Neate, Paolo Silveri, Nash, Sladen, Lewis, Robert Helpmann, Margot Fonteyn, Somes, Leonide Massine etc. [4.9x7.5, 6pp, white; slightly faded and rumpled, but uncommon] £3
1948 (1 Apr): THE MAGIC FLUTE in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Kenneth Neate, Blanche Turner, Marian Nowakowski, Audrey Bowman, Arnold Matters, Geraint Evans; c:Peter Gellhorn [4.9x7.5, 8pp, white; slightly faded and rumpled, but uncommon] (£3) SOLD
1948 (20 Apr): LA TRAVIATA in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kenneth Neate, Paolo Silveri; c:Reginald Goodall, p:Tyrone Guthrie [4.9x7.5, 8pp, white; slightly faded and rumpled, but uncommon] £4
1948 (29 Apr): CARMEN in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Edith Coates, Kenneth Neate, Paolo Silveri; c:Karl Rankl. des:Edward Burra [4.9x7.5, 8pp, white; slightly faded and rumpled, but uncommon] (£3) SOLD
1948-49 Covent Garden Opera Company (29
September to 4 March, and 26 April to 11 June)
1949 (12 May): RHEINGOLD (ROH, CvtGdn)
Hotter, Svanholm, Clifford, Coates, B.Turner, Furmedge; c:Rankl
[4.9x7.5 white] £3
1949 (16 May): DIE WALKURE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Flagstad, Svanholm, Doree, T.Anthony, Hotter, Coates;
c:Rankl [4.9x7.5 white] £4
1949 (19 May): SIEGFRIED (ROH, CvtGdn)
Svanholm, Hotter, Flagstad, Klein, Clifford, Walker,
Furmedge; c:Rankl [4.9x7.5 white] £4
1949 (25 May): GOTTERDAMMERUNG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Flagstad, Svanholm, Hotter, Ernster, Coates, Clifford;
c:Rankl [4.9x7.5 white] £4
1949-50 Covent Garden Opera Company (29
September to 3 March, 3 May to 1 July)
1950 (18 Jan): LOHENGRIN in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Lechleitner, Fisher, T.Williams, Coates, N.Walker; c:Rankl [4.9x7.5
white] £2
1950 (30 Jan): MADAM BUTTERFLY in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Schwarzkopf, Neate, T.Williams, Sinclair, A.Leigh; c:Braithwaite
[4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD
1950 (22 May): THE MAGIC FLUTE in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Schock, Walters, Bowman, Schwarzkopf, Nowakowski; c:Gellhorn
[4.9x7.5 white] £3
1950 (17 Jun): GOTTERDAMMERUNG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Flagstad, Svanholm, Weber; c:Rankl [4.9x7.5 white] £4
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