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COVENT GARDEN: 1950s

1950 La Scala, Milan visit (12 to 23 September)

1950 (19 Sep): VERDI'S REQUIEM (ROH, CvtGdn)
Teatro all Scala: Renata Tebaldi, Fedora Barbieri, Giacinto Prandelli, Cesare Siepi; c:Victor de Sabata [16pp, 4.9x7.5 white; cast list, programme notes etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] (£5) SOLD

1950-51 Covent Garden Opera Company (19 October to 28 February, 12 April to 7 July)

1950 (24 Oct): THE FLYING DUTCHMAN in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Metternich, Sylvia Fisher, N.Walker, Hannesson; c:Rankl [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1950 (25 Oct): BORIS GODUNOV in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ludwig Weber, N.Walker, Edgar Evans, Howell Glynne, Parry Jones, Constance Shacklock; c:Braithwaite [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1950 (22 Nov): TOSCA in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Zadek, Walter Midgeley, Marko Rothmuller; c:Braithwaite [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1951 (12 Jan): THE QUEEN OF SPADES in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Edgar Evans, Zadek, Edith Coates, Marko Rothmuller, Jess Walters, Sinclair; c:Kleiber [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1951 (13 Jan): THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Geraint Evans, Emmi Loose, Sylvia Fisher, Jess Walters, Adele Leigh; c:Gellhorn (for Rankl) [4.9x7.5 white; cast alterations written in] (£3) SOLD

1951 (23 Jan): RIGOLETTO in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Marko Rothmuller, Wilma Lipp, Walter Midgeley, Nowakowski, Edith Coates; c:Kleiber [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1951 (30 Apr): THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Arnold Matters, Inia Te Wiata, N.Walker, Parry Jones, Watson; c:Leonard Hancock [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1951 (16 May): FIDELIO in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Kirsten Flagstad, Julius Patzak, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Howell Glynne, Tom Williams, Charles Craig (as 1st Prisoner); c:Rankl [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1951 (1 June): MANON (ROH, CvtGdn)
Victoria de los Angeles, Edgar Evans, Geraint Evans, Jess Walters, Parry Jones, Adele Leigh, Monica Sinclair; c:Warwick Braithwaite [20pp, 4.9x7.5 white; cast list, synopsis etc., VG] (£4) SOLD

1951 (18 Jun): PARSIFAL (ROH, CvtGdn)
Lechleitner, Kirsten Flagstad, Ludwig Weber; c:Rankl [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1951 (19 June): MADAMA BUTTERFLY (ROH, CvtGdn)
Victoria de los Angeles, James Johnston, Jess Walters, Monica Sinclair, Adele Leigh; c:Warwick Braithwaite [20pp, 4.9x7.5 white; cast list, synopsis etc., VG] £4

1951 (20 Jun): PARSIFAL (ROH, CvtGdn)
Lechleitner, Kirsten Flagstad, Ludwig Weber; c:Rankl [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1951 (23 Jun): TOSCA in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ljuba Welitsch, James Johnston, Marko Rothmuller; c:Gellhorn [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1951 (25 Jun): LA BOHEME in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Victoria de los Angeles, Walter Midgeley, Jess Walters, Ljuba Welitsch, Geraint Evans; c:Gellhorn [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1951 (30 Jun): TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Constance Shacklock; c:Rankl [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1951 (2 July): DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NUREMBERG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Elisabeth Grummer, Peter Anders, Hans Hotter, Kusche, Ludwig Weber, Constance Shacklock, Murray Dickie; c:Beecham [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1951 'The Bohemian Girl' Season (15 August to 1 September)

1951 (15 Aug): THE BOHEMIAN GIRL (ROH, CvtGdn)
Roberta Peters, Jess Walters, Edith Coates, Murray Dickie, Anthony Marlowe, Howell Glynne; c:Sir Thomas Beecham, p:Dennis Arundell [16pp, 4.9x7.5 white; programme note, credits, cast, list of scenes etc.; Premiere; VG] (£4) SOLD

1951 (30 Aug): THE BOHEMIAN GIRL (ROH, CvtGdn)
Olive Dyer, Jess Walters, Edith Coates, Murray Dickie, Anthony Marlowe, Howell Glynne; c:Sir Thomas Beecham, p:Dennis Arundell [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1951-52 Covent Garden Opera Company (22 October to 22 February, 14 April to 28 June)

1951 (24 Oct): TURANDOT in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Gertrude Grob-Prandl, James Johnston, Blanche Turner, Frederick Dalberg; c:John Barbirolli [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1951 (12 Nov): TURANDOT in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Gertrude Grob-Prandl, James Johnston, Blanche Turner, Frederick Dalberg; c:John Barbirolli [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1951 (1 Dec): BILLY BUDD - Britten (ROH, CvtGdn) Large-size Card Programme
Peter Pears, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg, Geraint Evans, Bryan Drake, William McAlpine, David Tree, Hervey Alan, Michael Langdon, John Cameron, Inia Te Wiata; c:Benjamin Britten, prod:Basil Coleman, des:John Piper [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x11.25; black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; World Premiere; a few bends and slightly grubby but uncommon] (£5) SOLD

1951 (8 Dec): BILLY BUDD (ROH, CvtGdn)
Peter Pears, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg, Geraint Evans; c:Benjamin Britten [4.9x7.5 white; 2nd performance] (£4) SOLD

1952 (8 Jan): DER ROSENKAVALIER in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Sylvia Fisher, Constance Shacklock, Howell Glynne, Guldbaek; c:Kleiber [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1952 (22 Jan): WOZZECK in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Marko Rothmuller, Christel Goltz, Parry Jones, Edgar Evans, Monica Sinclair, Frederick Dalberg; c:Kleiber [4.9x7.5 white; first performance at the ROH] (£4) SOLD

1952 (2 Feb): DER ROSENKAVALIER in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Sylvia Fisher, Constance Shacklock, Howell Glynne; c:Kleiber [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1952 (16 Apr): THE MAGIC FLUTE in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Peter Pears, Adele Leigh, Jess Walters, Sari Barabas, Walker; c:Gellhorn [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1952 (1 June): BILLY BUDD (ROH, CvtGdn)
Peter Pears, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg, Geraint Evans; c:Britten [4.9x7.5 white; 10th performance] (£4) SOLD

1952 (16 June): IL TROVATORE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Zambruno, Stignani, Jess Walters, Langdon; c:Capuana [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1952 (26 June): AIDA in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Zadek, Constance Shacklock, James Johnston, Jess Walters, Nowakowski; c:Barbirolli [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1952-53 Covent Garden Opera Company (23 October to 14 February, 20 April to 11 July)

1952 (25 Oct): THE MASKED BALL in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Aravjo (for Werth), Adele Leigh, Watson, Edgar Evans, Jess Walters; c:Pritchard [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1952 (10 Nov): NORMA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Maria Callas, Stignani, Picchi, Vaghi, Joan Sutherland (as Clotilde); c:Gui [4.9x7.5 white] (£5) SOLD

1952 (12 Nov): THE MASKED BALL in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Wasserthal, Adele Leigh, Watson, Edgar Evans, Jess Walters; c:Pritchard [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1952-53 (Dec 1952-Feb 1953): Opera and Ballet (ROH, CvtGdn) Repertoire Leaflet
Calendar and Casting for 8 weeks of Opera and Ballet Performances; LA BOHEME, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, RIGOLETTO, A MASKED BALL, BORIS GODUNOV, TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, ROSENKAVALIER, THE MAGIC FLUTE, THE QUEEN OF SPADES, AIDA, ORPHEUS, FIDELIO etc.; with Dunne, Geraint Evans, Te Wiata, Leigh, Hollweg, Midgley, Williams, Dalberg, Edgar Evans, Walters, Watson, Iacopi, Glynne, Rossi-Lemeni, Shacklock, Coates, Zareska, Sylvia Fisher, Suthaus, Asciak, Joan Sutherland, Kraus, Ljuba Welitsch, Gre Brouwenstijn, Johnston, Kathleen Ferrier, Margot Fonteyn, Somes, Beriosova, Moira Shearer, Dobrowen, Barbirolli, Pritchard etc. [4.9x7.5, 6pp, white; slightly faded and rumpled, but uncommon] (£3) SOLD

1953 (6 Jan): BORIS GODUNOV in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Walker, Edgar Evans, Parry Jones, Howell Glynne, Constance Shacklock, William McAlpine; c:Dobrowen [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1953 (12 Jan): TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Suthaus, Sylvia Fisher, Constance Shacklock, Frederick Dalberg; c:Barbirolli [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1953 (3 Feb): ORPHEUS in English (ROH, CvtGdn) Large-size Card Programme
Ferrier, Dunne, Adele Leigh; c:Barbirolli [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12 black, silver & gold on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; this was the first of only two performances that Ferrier gave - she died on 9 October 1953] (£5) SOLD

1953 (Apr-Jul): COVENT GARDEN OPERA COMPANY & SADLER'S WELLS BALLET CORONATION SEASON (ROH, CvtGdn) Souvenir Brochure
A profusely-illustrated glossy Souvenir of the 1953 Coronation Season (gold crest on white background); artists appearing included Callas, Vinay, Barbieri, Schwarzkopf, Hans Hopf, Schoeffler, Schluter, Kupper, Pears, Cross, Sylvia Fisher, Shacklock, Walters, Dalberg, Britten, Barbirolli, Kleiber & Krauss; brochure contains 'The Story of Covent Garden' (illustrated); 'A National Opera House' by Sir David Webster (with photo); Coronation Season Repertory; Artists for ELEKTRA, the Italian Season, ROSENKAVALIER, WOZZECK & DIE MEISTERSINGER (20 photos); Conductors, Principals, Soloists and Company Members of the Opera and Ballet companies (63 photos); Opera Chorus and Orchestra list (4 photos); GLORIANA (8 photos); Opera and ballet sets (17 photos); Previous Royal Occasions (4 illustrations); Opera and Ballet Tours 1946-53; Current staff of Covent Garden; Past Members of the Opera and Ballet Companies and Guest Artists since 1946; Full Covent Garden and Sadler's Wells Repertory since 1946 [68pp; 7x9.5; a few light marks, else VG] (£10) SOLD

1953 (13 May): ELEKTRA (ROH, CvtGdn) Large-size Card Programme
Schluter, Kupper, Edith Coates, Braun, Edgar Evans, Joan Sutherland (as Overseer); c:Kleiber [4pp; 7x9.4; printed on stiff card w.silver & gold embossed crest; cast list, synopsis, credits; light creases, else VG] (£3) SOLD

1953 (10 June): AIDA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Maria Callas, Simionato, Baum, Jess Walters, Neri, Joan Sutherland (as Priestess); c:Barbirolli [4pp; 7x9.4; cast list, synopsis, credits; light creases and some frayed edges] (£5) SOLD

1953 (18 June): GLORIANA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Joan Cross, Peter Pears, Geraint Evans, Frederick Dalberg, Arnold Matters, Michael Langdon, Jennifer Vyvyan, Monica Sinclair, Inia Te Wiata, Edith Coates; c:Pritchard [4pp; 7x9.4; cast list, synopsis, credits; rumpled, else VG] (£3) SOLD

1953 (3 July): DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Schoeffler, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hans Hopf, Frederick Dalberg, Kusche; c:Krauss [4pp; 7x9.4; cast list, synopsis, credits; a few marks and light creases] £3

1953 Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich visit (15 to 26 September)
See International Opera Companies

1953-54 Covent Garden Opera Company (19 October to 13 February, 20 April to 24 July)

1953 (19 Oct): DIE WALKURE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Margaret Harshaw, Hans Hotter, Vinay, Sylvia Fisher, Frederick Dalberg, Edith Coates; c:Stiedry [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1953 (22 Oct): SIEGFRIED (ROH, CvtGdn)
Set Svanholm, Margaret Harshaw, Hans Hotter, Kuen; c:Stiedry [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1953 (3 Nov): SALOME (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ljuba Welitsch, Kraus, Edith Coates, Hennesson; c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1953 (16 Nov): PETER GRIMES (ROH, CvtGdn)
Peter Pears, Sylvia Fisher, Geraint Evans; c:Reginald Goodall [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1953 (24 Nov): PETER GRIMES (ROH, CvtGdn)
Peter Pears, Joan Cross, Geraint Evans; c:Reginald Goodall [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1953 (15 Dec): LOHENGRIN in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Set Svanholm, Sylvia Fisher, Hermann Uhde, Rankin, Frederick Dalberg; c:Pritchard [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1954 (7 Jan): LE COQ D'OR in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Dobbs, Howell Glynne, Cuenod, Geraint Evans, Frederick Dalberg, Arda Mandikian; c:Igor Markevitch [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x11 black, silver & gold on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; light crease, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1954 (25 Jan-27 Mch): Opera and Ballet (ROH, CvtGdn) Repertoire Leaflet
Calendar and Casting for 9 weeks of Opera and Ballet Performances; TOSCA, RIGOLETTO, CARMEN, FIDELIO, GLORIANA, LE COQ D'OR, AIDA, LA TRAVIATA, IL TROVATORE etc.; with Hammond, Kraus, Midgley, Rothmuller, Dobbs, Kirkop, Nowakowski, Howitt, Johnston, Joan Sutherland, Sylvia Fisher, Patzak, Dalberg, Cross, Geraint Evans, Peter Pears, Cuenod, Mandikian, Lorand, Lanigan, Gre Brouwenstijn, Watson, Margot Fonteyn, Somes, Beriosova, Ashton, Pritchard, Downes, Krauss, Goodall, Tausky etc. [4.9x7.5, 6pp, white; slightly faded and rumpled, but uncommon] £3

1954 (30 Jan): RIGOLETTO in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Marko Rothmuller, Dobbs, Kirkop, Nowakowski, Howitt; c:Pritchard [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1954 (3 Feb): FIDELIO in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Sylvia Fisher, Patzak, Kraus, E.Morison, Frederick Dalberg; c:Krauss [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1954 (9 Feb): CARMEN (ROH, CvtGdn)
Constance Shacklock, James Johnston, Stuart, Marko Rothmuller, Joan Sutherland (as Frasquita); c:Downes [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1954 (13 Feb): LA TRAVIATA in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Sari Barabas, John Lanigan, Jess Walters; c:John Pritchard [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1954 (15 Feb): LA TRAVIATA in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Sari Barabas, John Lanigan, Jess Walters, Michael Langdon, Inia Te Wiata, William McAlpine; c:John Pritchard, p:Tyrone Guthrie [4.75x7.5, 24pp, white; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1954 (27 May): DAS RHEINGOLD (ROH, CvtGdn) Large-size Card Programme
Frantz, Von Ilosvay, Kraus, Witte, Joan Sutherland (as Woglinde); c:Stiedry [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12 red on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits] £5

1954 (2 Jun): DIE WALKURE (ROH, CvtGdn) Large-size Card Programme
Margaret Harshaw, Frantz, Beirer, Sylvia Fisher, Frederick Dalberg, Von Ilosvay, Joan Sutherland (as Helmwige); c:Stiedry [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12 red on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits] (£5) SOLD

1954 (17 Jun): GOTTERDAMMERUNG (ROH, CvtGdn) Large-size Card Programme
Margaret Harshaw, Svanholm, Ernster, Hermann Uhde, Wasserthal; c:Stiedry [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12 red on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits] £5

1954 (25 Jun): SIEGFRIED (ROH, CvtGdn)
Svanholm, Margaret Harshaw, Frantz, Kuen, Joan Sutherland (as the Woodbird); c:Stiedry [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1954 (12 July): DER FREISCHUTZ in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Joan Sutherland (as Agathe), Johnston, Kraus, Adele Leigh, Langdon; c:Downes [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1954 (20 Jul): DER ROSENKAVALIER in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Sylvia Fisher, Constance Shacklock, Frederick Dalberg, Guldbaek; c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1954-55 Covent Garden Opera Company (25 October to 26 February, 18 April to 24 July)

1954 (26 Oct): THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (ROH, CvtGdn) Large-size Card Programme
Patzak, Dobbs, Morison, Houston, Hermann Uhde, Howitt, R.Nilsson; c:Downes (for Inghelbrecht) [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; 2 inch tear] (£1) SOLD

1954 (9 Nov): WOZZECK in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jess Walters, P.Jones, Wasserthal, Edith Coates, Frederick Dalberg, Edgar Evans; c:Reginald Goodall [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1954 (3 Dec): TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (ROH, CvtGdn) World Premiere Large-size Card Programme
Magda Laszlo, Richard Lewis, Peter Pears, Otakar Kraus, Geraint Evans, Frederick Dalberg, Forbes Robinson; c:Malcolm Sargent, dir:George Devine [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; slight horizontal fold, ] £5

1954 (6 Dec): TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Magda Laszlo, Richard Lewis, Pears, Kraus, Geraint Evans, Frederick Dalberg; c:Sargent [4.9x7.5 white; 2nd performance] (£4) SOLD

1954 (13 Dec): THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (ROH, CvtGdn)
Patzak, Graham, Joan Sutherland (as Antonia), Houston, Kraus, Howitt, R.Nilsson; c:Downes [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1954 (28 Dec): AIDA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Amy Shuard, Constance Shacklock, Johnston, Geraint Evans, H.Glynne, Joan Sutherland (as Priestess); c:Young [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1955 (14 Jan): TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Magda Laszlo, Richard Lewis, Pears, Kraus, Geraint Evans, Frederick Dalberg; c:Sargent [4.9x7.5 white; 7th performance] £4

1955 (25 April): TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Magda Laszlo, Richard Lewis, Pears, Kraus, Ron.Lewis, Langdon; c:Sargent [4.9x7.5 white; 8th performance] £4

1955 (13 May): THE BARTERED BRIDE in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Morison, Lanigan, Frederick Dalberg, Pears (as Vasek), Adele Leigh; c:Kubelik [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1955-56 Covent Garden Opera Company (17 October to 18 February, 19 April to 21 July)

1955 (30 Dec): TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Laszlo, Richard Lewis, R.Nilsson, Kraus, Geraint Evans, Frederick Dalberg; c:Sargent [4.9x7.5 white; 14th performance] £4

1956 (25 Jan): THE MAGIC FLUTE in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Lanigan, Morison, Geraint Evans, Jorden, Engen, Adele Leigh; c:Kubelik [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1956 (28 Apr): MADAM BUTTERFLY (ROH, CvtGdn)
Amy Shuard, James Johnston, Jess Walters, Barbara Howitt, Forbes Robinson; c:Rudolph Kempe, producer: Robert Helpmann [4.9x7.5 white; creases] £3

1956 (2 Jun): LA BOHEME (ROH, CvtGdn)
John Lanigan, Elsie Morison, Jess Walters, Adele Leigh, Geraint Evans, Forbes Robinson; c:Emanuel Young [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1956 (6 Jun): GOTTERDAMMERUNG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Margaret Harshaw, Wolfgang Windgassen, Kurt Boehme, Hermann Uhde, Von Ilosvay, Joan Sutherland (as Woglinde); c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1956 (9 Jul): THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (ROH, CvtGdn)
Richard Lewis, Coertse, Joan Sutherland (as Antonia), Amy Shuard, Kraus, Howitt, Geraint Evans, R.Nilsson; c:Downes [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1956 (10 Jul): RIGOLETTO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Tito Gobbi, Gueden, Filacuridi, Frederick Dalberg, Howitt; c:Quadri [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1956 (11 Jul): TOSCA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Milanov, Tagliavini, Colombo; c:Quadri [4.9x7.5 white] £5

1956-57 Covent Garden Opera Company (5 November to 28 February, 20 April to 20 July)

1956 (5 Nov): A MASKED BALL in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Amy Shuard, Sciutti, Von Ilosvay, Poleri, Jess Walters; c:Quadri [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1956 (23 Nov): OTELLO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Vinay, Brouwenstijn, Kraus; c:Kubelik [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1956 (10 Dec): JENUFA in English (ROH, CvtGdn) First English stage performance Large-size Card Programme
Amy Shuard, Sylvia Fisher, John Lanigan, Edgar Evans, Marie Collier, Edith Coates, Joan Carlyle, Otakar Kraus, Josephine Veasey, Michael Langdon, Noreen Berry; c:Rafael Kubelik, p:Christopher West [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; slightly grubby; w.4 clippings incl. 3 photos and 2 reviews] (£5) SOLD

1956 (17 Dec): CARMEN (ROH, CvtGdn)
Muriel Smith, Richard Lewis, Morrison, Allman; c:Kubelik [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1957 (10 Jan): JENUFA in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Amy Shuard, Sylvia Fisher, Lanigan, Edgar Evans, Edith Coates, O.Kraus; c:Kubelik [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1957 (28 Jan): THE MASTERSINGERS OF NUREMBERG in English (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production Large-size Card Programme
James Pease, Joan Sutherland (as Eva), Witte, Frederick Dalberg, Peras, Geraint Evans; c:Kubelik [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; horizontal crease] (£4) SOLD

1957 (21 Feb): THE MIDSUMMER MARRIAGE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Richard Lewis, Joan Sutherland (as Jen Fer), Howell Glynne, J.Sinclair, Michael Langdon, Edith Coates; c:Pritchard [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1957-58 Season

1957 (25 Sep): DAS RHEINGOLD (ROH, CvtGdn)
Hans Hotter, Von Milinkovic, Kraus, Witte; c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1957 (27 Sep): DIE WALKURE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Vinay, Sylvia Fisher, Frederick Dalberg, Von Milinkovic; c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1957 (1 Oct): SIEGFRIED (ROH, CvtGdn)
Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Klein; c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1957 (4 Oct): GOTTERDAMMERUNG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde, Kurt Boehme, Joan Sutherland (as Woglinde); c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1957 (19 Nov): ELEKTRA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Lammers, Muller-Butow, Von Mililkovic, Kraus, Edgar Evans; c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white; w.newsclipping review] (£3) SOLD

1957 (30 Nov): AIDA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Amy Shuard, Jon Vickers, Constance Shacklock, Jess Walters; c:Rafael Kubelik [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1957 (30 Dec): OTELLO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ramon Vinay, Ottakar Kraus, Joan Sutherland (as Desdemona); c:Downes [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1958 (29 Jan): PETER GRIMES (ROH, CvtGdn)
Peter Pears, Sylvia Fisher, Pease; c:Kubelik [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1958 (15 Feb): THE CARMELITES in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Veronica Dunne, Edith Coates, Sinclair (for Carlyle), Sylvia Fisher, Hale (for Sutherland); c:Matheson [4.9x7.5 white; cast changes written in] (£3) SOLD

1958 (5 Apr): RIGOLETTO in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Shaw, Joan Sutherland, Oreste Kirkop, Michael Langdon, Berry; c:Downes [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1958 (9 May): DON CARLOS (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production by Visconti Large-size Card Programme
Gre Brouwenstijn, Jon Vickers, Tito Gobbi, Boris Christoff, Fedora Barbieri; c:Carlo Maria Giulini [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; VG] (£5) SOLD

1958 (15 May): DON CARLOS (ROH, CvtGdn) Hundreth Anniversary of the Opening of the Present Theatre Large-size Card Programme
Gre Brouwenstijn, Jon Vickers, Tito Gobbi, Boris Christoff, Fedora Barbieri; c:Carlo Maria Giulini [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1958 (19 Jun): THE TROJANS in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jon Vickers, Blanche Thebom, Amy Shuard; c:Kubelik, dir:Gielgud [4.9x7.5 white; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1958 (2 Jul): AIDA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Leontyne Price, Regina Resnik, Guichandut, Shaw, Kelly; c:Kubelik [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1958 (17 Jul): THE TROJANS in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jon Vickers, Blanche Thebom, Amy Shuard; c:Kubelik, dir:Gielgud [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1958-59 Season

1958 (31 Oct): BORIS GODUNOV (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production Large-size Card Programme
Boris Christoff, Regina Resnik, John Lanigan, Joseph Rouleau, Otakar Kraus; c:Rafael Kubelik [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; VG] (£5) SOLD

1958 (3 Nov): BORIS GODUNOV (ROH, CvtGdn)
Boris Christoff, Regina Resnik, John Lanigan, Joseph Rouleau, Otakar Kraus, Forbes Robinson, Geraint Evans, Edith Coates, Josephine Veasey, Joan Carlyle; c:Rafael Kubelik [32pp, 4.9x7.5 white; cast list, synopsis, credits; centre pages loose, else VG] £4

1958 (15 Nov): SAMSON (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance Large-size Card Programme
Jon Vickers, Lindermeier, Elms, Joseph Rouleau, Joan Sutherland (as Israelite Woman); c:Leppard [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; VG] (£5) SOLD

1959 (Apr-Jun): Opera and Ballet Repertoire Sheet (ROH, CvtGdn)
Full repertoire details and cast lists for five weeks: 27th April-13th June: operas included DON CARLOS (w.Vickers, Christoff), TOSCA (w.Rysanek), THE MAGIC FLUTE, PARSIFAL (w.Vickers), AIDA (w.Price), DER ROSENKAVALIER, SAMSON (w.Sutherland, Vickers), TURANDOT (w.Shuard); ballets include LE LAC DES CYGNES, PETRUSHKA, LES PATINEURS, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (w.Beriosova), DANSES CONCERTANTES, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS (w.Fonteyn), DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (w.Fonteyn, Somes); future opera and ballet plans (including MEDEA with Maria Callas, MADAMA BUTTERFLY w.Sena Jurinac), company lists, prices of admission etc. [5.1x7.6, 8pp fold-out; unusual and fascinating!; light horizontal fold, else VG] £4

1959 (29 Apr): TOSCA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Leonie Rysanek, Charles Craig, Otakar Kraus, Josephine Veasey (as Shepherd Boy); c:John Pritchard [4.9x7.25 white; w.ticket; VG] (£3) SOLD

1959 (1 May): DON CARLOS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Gre Brouwenstijn, Hoffman, Jon Vickers, Geraint Evans, Boris Christoff, Michael Langdon; c:Giulini [4.9x7.5 white] £5

1959 (12 May): THE MAGIC FLUTE in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
John Lanigan, Elsie Morison, Forbes Robinson, Jess Walters, Eva Maria Rogner, Joan Carlyle, Robert Bowman; c:Rudolf Kempe [4.9x7.25 white; w.ticket; VG] (£3) SOLD

1959 (15 May): PARSIFAL (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production Large-size Card Programme
Karl Liebl, Gerda Lammers, Gottlob Frick, Eberhard Waechter, Otakar Kraus; c:Rudolf Kempe [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; VG] £5

1959 (22 May): AIDA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Leontyne Price, Jon Vickers, Regina Resnik, John Shaw; c:Edward Downes [4.9x7.25 white; w.ticket; VG] (£4) SOLD

1959 (1 Jun): PARSIFAL (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Gerda Lammers, Eberhard Waechter, Forbes Robinson, Otakar Kraus; c:Rudolf Kempe [4.9x7.25 white; w.ticket; VG] (£5) SOLD

1959 (22 Jun): MEDEA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Maria Callas, Fiorenza Cossotto, Zaccaria, Jon Vickers, Carlyle; c:Rescigno [4.9x7.5 white] (£5) SOLD

1959 (24 Jun): MEDEA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Maria Callas, Fiorenza Cossotto, Zaccaria, Jon Vickers, Carlyle; c:Rescigno [4.9x7.5 white] (£5) SOLD

1959 (1 Jul): PARSIFAL (ROH, CvtGdn)
Karl Liebl, Gerda Lammers, Gottlob Frick; c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1959 (2 Jul): MADAMA BUTTERFLY (ROH, CvtGdn)
Sena Jurinac, Charles Craig, Jess Walters, Veasey; c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white] (£4) SOLD

1959 (10 Jul): LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (ROH, CvtGdn)
Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Shaw; c:Balkwill [4.9x7.5 white] (£5) SOLD

1959-60 Season

1959 (2 Oct): GOTTERDAMMERUNG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Otakar Kraus, Hermann Uhde, Amy Shuard; c:Franz Konwitschny [4.9x7.25 white; w.ticket; VG] (£5) SOLD

1959 (16 Dec): CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & PAGLIACCI (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production by Zeffirelli Large-size Card Programme
Craig, Amy Shuard, Kraus, Jon Vickers, Geraint Evans, Carlyle; c:Downes/Balkwill [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; VG] (£5) SOLD

1959 (17 Dec): DER ROSENKAVALIER (ROH, CvtGdn)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Topper, Kurt Boehme, Steffek, William McAlpine (for MacDonald); c:Solti [4.9x7.5 white; cast change written in] £4

1959 (22 Dec): CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & PAGLIACCI (ROH, CvtGdn)
Charles Craig, Amy Shuard, Ottakar Kraus; Jon Vickers, Geraint Evans, Joan Carlyle; c:Downes/Balkwill [4.9x7.5 white] £4

1960 (8 Jan): LA TRAVIATA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Joan Sutherland, William McAlpine, Jess Walters; c:Santi [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1960 (19 Feb): THE MASTERSINGERS OF NUREMBERG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Una Hale, Ronald Dowd, James Pease, David Ward, Dermot Troy, Geraint Evans, Forbes Robinson; c:Reginald Goodall [4.9x7.25 white; w.ticket; VG] (£4) SOLD

1960 (15 Mch): LA BOHEME (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jussi Bjorling, Rosanna Carteri, John Shaw, Marie Collier, Geraint Evans, Joseph Rouleau; c:Edward Downes [4.9x7.25 white; VG] £5

1960 (31 Mch): MACBETH (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance Large-size Card Programme
Tito Gobbi, Amy Shuard, Joseph Rouleau, Andre Turp; c:Molinari-Pradelli [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; VG] (£5) SOLD

1960 (4 May): LA TRAVIATA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Joan Sutherland, John Lanigan, Louis Quilico, Marie Collier; c:Nello Santi [4.9x7.25 white; VG] £5

1960 (10 May): THE TROJANS in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jon Vickers, Amy Shuard, Kerstin Meyer, John Shaw, Joseph Rouleau, Kenneth Macdonald, Joan Carlyle, Forbes Robinson, John Lanigan; c:John Pritchard, dir:John Gielgud [4.9x7.25 white; w.ticket; VG] £5

1960 (16 May): IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production Large-size Card Programme
Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Franco Corena; c:Giulini [4pp; stiff card programme, 8.5x12.6 red & black on cream; cast list, synopsis, credits; VG] (£5) SOLD

1960 (7 Jun): ELEKTRA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Gerda Lammers, Kuchta, Hoengen, Kraus, Edgar Evans; c:Kempe [4.9x7.5 white] £3

1960 (20 Jun): OTELLO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Uzunov, Maragliano, Taddei; c:Santini [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1960 (4 Jul): MANON (ROH, CvtGdn)
Victoria de los Angeles, Andre Turp, Shaw; c:Morel [4.9x7.5 white] (£3) SOLD

1960 (7 Jul): MACBETH (ROH, CvtGdn)
Giuseppe Taddei, Amy Shuard, Forbes Robinson, John Lanigan, John Dobson; c:Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, dir: Michael Benthall [4.9x7.5 white] £4

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