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COVENT GARDEN: 1970s
1970-71 Season
1970 (Sep-Oct): DER RING (ROH, CvtGdn) Cast biography booklet
Dernesch, Dvorakova, Harper, June, Kingsley, Lawrence, Robson, Amy Shuard, Bainbridge, Begg, Berry, Duval, Guy, Howells, Purcell, Temperley, Veasey, Watts, Brilioth, Dobson, Hering, King, Lanigan, Adam, Kelemen, Langdon, Donald McIntyre, Mauro, Modenos, Shaw, Talvela, Ward; c:Solti/Downes [12pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1970 (9 Sep): DAS RHEINGOLD (ROH, CvtGdn)
David Ward, Josephine Veasey, Zoltan Kelemen, John Dobson; c:Solti [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1970 (10 Sep): DIE WALKURE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ludmilla Dvorakova, David Ward, James King, Helge Dernesch, Martti Talvela, Josephine Veasey; c:Solti [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1970 (18 Sep): SIEGFRIED (ROH, CvtGdn)
Karl-Josef Hering, Ludmilla Dvorakova, John Lanigan, David Ward; c:Solti [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1970 (26 Sep): GOTTERDAMMERUNG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ludmilla Dvorakova, Karl-Josef Hering, Martti Talvela, John Shaw, Heather Harper; c:Solti [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1970 (28 Sep): DAS RHEINGOLD (ROH, CvtGdn)
Donald McIntyre, Josephine Veasey, Kelemen, Dobson; c:Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1970 (29 Sep): DIE WALKURE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Amy Shuard, Donald McIntyre, Brilioth, Dernesch, Langdon, Josephine Veasey; c:Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1970 (1 Oct): SIEGFRIED (ROH, CvtGdn)
Karl-Josef Hering, Amy Shuard, John Lanigan, David Ward; c:Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1970 (3 Oct): GOTTERDAMMERUNG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Amy Shuard, Karl-Josef Hering, Michael Langdon, John Shaw, Heather Harper; c:Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1970 (17 Oct): IL TROVATORE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Leontyne Price, James King, Peter Glossop, Erzsebet Komlossy; c:Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1970 (6 Nov): CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and PAGLIACCI (ROH, CvtGdn)
Vilem Pribyl, Marie Collier, Raimund Herincx, Charles Craig, Maria Pellegrini, John Shaw; c:Gardelli [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1970 (30 Nov): LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Elizabeth Robson, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Gabriel Bacquier, Claire Watson, Anne Howells; c:Silvio Varviso [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1970 (2 Dec): THE KNOT GARDEN (ROH, CvtGdn) World premiere
Josephine Barstow, Raimund Herincx, Yvonne Minton, Jill Gomez, Thomas Carey, Robert Tear, Thomas Hemsley; c:Colin Davis, p:Peter Hall, des:Timothy O'Brien [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1970 (5 Dec): THE KNOT GARDEN (ROH, CvtGdn)
Josephine Barstow, Raimund Herincx, Yvonne Minton, Jill Gomez, Thomas Carey, Robert Tear, Thomas Hemsley; c:Colin Davis, p:Peter Hall, des:Timothy O'Brien [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1970 (23 Dec): LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (ROH, CvtGdn)
Beverly Sills, Giacomo Aragall, Delme Bryn-Jones; c:Pritchard [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £5
1971 (13 Feb): EUGENE ONEGIN (ROH, CvtGdn) in English
Ileana Cotrubas, Victor Braun, Yvonne Minton, Robert Tear; c:Solti [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1971 (24 Mch): COSI FAN TUTTE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Elisabeth Soderstrom, Anne Howells, Graziella Sciutti, Ryland Davies, Robert Kerns, Geraint Evans; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1971 (27 Mch): COSI FAN TUTTE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Elisabeth Soderstrom, Anne Howells, Graziella Sciutti, Ryland Davies, Robert Kerns, Geraint Evans; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1971 (5 Apr): UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Arroyo, Gorr, Bergonzi, Glossop; c:Quadagno [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1971 (21 Apr): PARSIFAL (ROH, CvtGdn)
Vickers, Shuard, Frick, Bailey, Langdon, Fliether; c:Goodall [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; ink on cast page] (£3) SOLD
1971 (29 May): BORIS GODUNOV (ROH, CvtGdn)
Boris Christoff, John Lanigan, Joseph Rouleau, William McAlpine, Michael Langdon, Josephine Veasey, Otakar Kraus; c:Lloyd-Jones [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1971 (2 Jun): HAMLET - Searle (ROH, CvtGdn)
Dowd, Hughes, Garrett, Rutherford, Macpherson, Johnson, Howells, Wicks, Dobson, Raffell, Kingsley, Wilcock, Egerton; c:Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£5) SOLD
1971 (3 Jul): TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (ROH, CvtGdn)
J.Thomas, Nilsson, Veasey, Ward; c:Solti [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; w.ticket attached] (£4) SOLD
1971-72 Season
1971 (5 Nov): FIDELIO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ludmilla Dvorakova, Vilem Pribyl, Donald McIntyre, Dennis Wicks, Elizabeth Harwood; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1971 (6 Nov): FALSTAFF (ROH, CvtGdn)
Peter Glossop, Elizabeth Vaughan, Regina Resnik, Delme Bryn-Jones, Elizabeth Robson, Ryland Davies; c:Aldo Ceccato [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1971 (23 Dec): LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Evans, Te Kanawa, Robson (for Reri Grist), Braun, Kern, Watson; c:Davis, p:Copley [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, illustrations, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1972 (11 Mch): SIMON BOCCANEGRA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ingvar Wixell, Elizabeth Vaughan, Ruggero Raimondi, Carlo Cossutta, Delme Bryn-Jones; c:Alda Ceccato [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1972 (27 Mch): NABUCCO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Elena Suliotis, Peter Glossop, Ermanno Mauro, David Ward, Gwynne Howell; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1972 (26 Apr): COSI FAN TUTTE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Wendy Fine, Yvonne Minton, Graziella Sciutti, Ryland Davies, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Geraint Evans; c:Raymond Leppard, dir:John Copley [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; slightly rumpled] £3
1972 (15 May): DON CARLOS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Martina Arroyo, Carlo Cossuta, Victor Braun, David Ward, Josephine Veasey, Gwynne Howell; c:John Pritchard [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; damp damage to bottom right corner, else VG] £1
1972 (8 Jun): MADAMA BUTTERFLY (ROH, CvtGdn)
Teresa Kubiak, Ermanno Mauro, Delme Bryn-Jones, Patricia Kern, Francis Egerton, Gwynne Howell, Derek Hammond Stroud, Elizabeth Shelley, Adam Collins; c:John Matheson [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; cover slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
1972 (22 Jun): ELEKTRA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Birgit Nilsson, Dernesch, Resnik, Donald McIntyre, Craig; c:Solti [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1972 (15 Jul): TAVERNER - Maxwell Davies (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ragnar Ulfung, Raimund Herincx, Gwynne Howell, Gillian Knight, James Bowman, Benjamin Luxon, Francis Egerton; c:Edward Downes, p:Michael Geliot [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations] £4
1972-73 Season
1972 (21 Sep): THE TROJANS in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jon Vickers, J.Norman, Veasey; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1972 (6 Oct): TAVERNER (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ragnar Ulfung, Raimund Herincx, Gwynne Howell, Gillian Knight, James Bowman, Benjamin Luxon, Francis Egerton; c:Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1972 (10 Nov): KHOVANSHCHINA (ROH, CvtGdn)
David Ward, Donald McIntyre, Yvonne Minton, Martti Talvela, Robert Tear; c:Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1973 (23 Feb): CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & PAGLIACCI (ROH, CvtGdn)
Cecchele, Suliotis, Bryn-Jones; Craig, Marimpietri, Shaw; c:Matheson [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1973 (7 Mch): PARSIFAL (ROH, CvtGdn)
Brilioth, Amy Shuard, Martii Talvela, Donald McIntyre, Norman Bailey; c:Horenstein [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1973 (23 Apr): TOSCA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Grace Bumbry, Carlo Bergonzi, John Shaw; c:Atherton [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1973 (10 May): OWEN WINGRAVE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Pears, Luxon, Shirley-Quirk, Fisher, Harper, Baker; c:Bedford [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1973 (23 May): IL TROVATORE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Martina Arroyo, Carlo Cossotto, Fiorenza Cossutta, Ladislaus Konya, Ivo Vinco; c:Charles Mackerras [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1973 (15 Jun): IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jane Berbie, Ryland Davies, Hermann Prey, Renato Capecchi, Joseph Rouleau, William Elvin; c:Aldo Ceccato [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1973 (18 Jun): WOZZECK (ROH, CvtGdn)
Geraint Evans, Janis Martin, Francis Egerton, Richard Van Allan, Gregory Dempsey, Adrian De Peyer, Mark Byles, Gillian Knight, Michael Langdon, Michael Maurel, Edward Byles; c:John Matheson [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1973 (21 Jul): CARMEN (ROH, CvtGdn)
Shirley Verrett, Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Van Dam; c:Atherton [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1973-74 Season
1973 (29 Sep): TANNHAUSER (ROH, CvtGdn)
Wolfgang Kassel, Josephine Veasey, Jessye Norman, Norman Bailey, Karl Ridderbusch; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1973 (2 Nov): ELEKTRA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Mastilovic, Harper, Meyer, McIntyre, R.Lewis; c:Kempe [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1973 (20 Nov): TOSCA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Hana Janku, Franco Tagliavini, Tito Gobbi, Joseph Rouleau; c:Leif Segerstam [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1974 (6 Feb): LA BOHEME (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production
Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Peter Glossop, Thomas Allen, Wendy Fine, Gwynne Howell, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Thomas Lawlor; c:Silvio Varviso, dir:John Copley, des: Julia Trevelyan Oman [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1974 (16 Mch): LA TRAVIATA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Cotrubas, Carreras, Braun; c:Pritchard [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1974 (20 Mch): BORIS GODUNOV (ROH, CvtGdn)
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gwynne Howell, John Lanigan, Ion Buzea, Josephine Veasey; c:Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1974 (15 Apr): LA TRAVIATA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ileana Cotrubas, Jose Carreras, Victor Braun, Gillian Knight; c:Pritchard [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1974 (22 Apr): LA CLEMENZA DI TITO (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance at Covent Garden
Tappy, Minton, Howells, Baker, Cahill; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; a few marks] (£3) SOLD
1974 (1 May): OTELLO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Cossutta, Kiri Te Kanawa, Cappuccilli; c:Charles Mackerras [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; mark on cover] £3
1974 (11 May): TOSCA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Grace Bumbry, Giorgio Merighi, Ingvar Wixell; c:Atherton [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1974 (22 May): JENUFA in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Wendy Fine, Amy Shuard, William Cochran, Gregory Dempsey; c:Charles Mackerras [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1974 (29 May): OWEN WINGRAVE (ROH, CvtGdn)
John Lanigan, Benjamin Luxon, John Shirley-Quirk, Sylvia Fisher, Heather Harper, Katherine Pring; c:Bedford [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1974 (4 Jun): JENUFA in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Wendy Fine, William Cochrane, Amy Shuard, Gregory Dempsey, Heather Begg, Elizabeth Gale, Susan Lees, Richard Van Allan; c:Maurits Sillem [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1974-75 Season
1974 (30 Sep): DAS RHEINGOLD (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production
McIntyre, Veasey, Kelemen, Shirley; c:Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1974 (1 Oct): DIE WALKURE (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production
Berit Lindholm, Donald McIntyre, Cassilly, Napier, Sotin, Veasey; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1974 (2 Nov): LA BOHEME (ROH, CvtGdn)
Helena Dose, Veriano Luchetti, Benjamin Luxon, Cristina Carlin, William Elvin (for Thomas Allen); c:Stapleton [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1975 (30 Jan): UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Katia Ricciarelli, Reri Grist, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Placido Domingo, Piero Cappuccilli; c:Claudio Abbado [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1975 (17 Mch): WOZZECK (ROH, CvtGdn)
Geraint Evans, Anja Silja, Michael Langdon, Richard Cassilly; c:Sillem [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1975 (31 Mch): LA BOHEME (ROH, CvtGdn)
Helena Dose, Veriano Luchetti, Peter Glossop, Noelle Rogers; c:Stapleton [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1975 (19 Apr): EUGENE ONEGIN (ROH, CvtGdn) in English
Wendy Fine, Benjamin Luxon, Stuart Burrows, Gillian Knight, David Ward; c:Gibson [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1975 (29 Apr): EUGENE ONEGIN in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Wendy Fine, Benjamin Luxon, Stuart Burrows, Gillian Knight, John Lanigan, Heather Begg, Noreen Berry, David Ward, Richard Van Allan; c:David Atherton [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1975 (14 May): A SPECIAL CONCERT (ROH, CvtGdn)
A Special Concert in aid of The Ockenden Venture's new home in Camberley for handicapped Vietnamese children, with Montserrat Caballe, Robert Lloyd, Teresa Cahill, Alberto Remedios, Berit Lindholm, Richard Van Allan, John Dobson, David Ward, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Colin Davis [16pp, 8.25x11.75; orchestra and chorus lists, illustrated articles about the work of The Ockenden Venture, programme of events, company biographies w.photos; VG] £3
1975 (11 Jun): DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (ROH, CvtGdn)
Harper, King, Dernesch, McIntyre, Hesse; c:Solti [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1975 (16 Jun): DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (ROH, CvtGdn)
James King, Heather Harper, Helga Dernesch, Donald McIntyre, Ruth Hesse, Eiddwen Harrhy, Teresa Cahill, William Elvin, Paul Crook, Richard Van Allan; c:Solti [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1975 (30 Jun): DEATH IN VENICE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, James Bowman; c:Stuart Bedford [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1975-76 Season
1975 (1 Oct): SIEGFRIED (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jean Cox, Berit Lindholm, Ragnar Ulfung, Donald McIntyre; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1975 (24 Oct): IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ruth Welting, Luigi Alva, Thomas Allen, Gabriel Bacquier; c:Zedda [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1976 (27 Jan): LA BOHEME (ROH, CvtGdn)
Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Thomas Allen, Maria Pellegrini, Richard Van Allan, Stuart Harling; c: [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £6
1976 (29 Apr): EUGENE ONEGIN in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Kiri Te Kanawa, Benjamin Luxon, Stuart Burrows, Gillian Knight, Gwynne Howell; c:Kazimierz Kord [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1976 (14 May): LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Catherine Malfitano, Geraint Evans, Elizabeth Harwood, Hans Helm, Agnes Baltsa; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1976 (4 Jun): FAUST (ROH, CvtGdn)
Mirella Freni, Stuart Burrows, Lenus Carlson, Nicolai Ghiaurov; c:Delacote [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1976 (10 July): LA BOHEME (ROH, CvtGdn)
Katia Ricciarelli, Jose Carreras, Vincenzo Sardinero, Cristina Carlin, Gwynne Howell, William Elvin, Brian Donlan, Eric Garrett; c:Giuseppe Patane [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; light vertical bend, else VG] £3
1976 (16 July): WE COME TO THE RIVER - Hans Werner Henze (ROH, CvtGdn)
Norman Welsby, Paul Hudson, Francis Egerton, Gerald English, Alan Watt, Malcolm King, Alexander Oliver, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Bryan Drake, Terry Jenkins, Kenneth Bowen, Robert Tear, Teresa Cahill, Anne Pashley, Joan Davies, Deborah Cook, Susanna Ross, Yvonne Kenny, Arthur Davies, Michael Langdon, Adrian De Peyer, Frank Olegario, Josephine Barstow, Anne Wilkens, John Winfield, Raimund Herincx, John Lanigan, Richard Angas, Dennis Wicks, Duncan Robertson, Tom McDonnell, Michael Follis, Joan Clarkson, Felicity Lott, Brian Donlan, Gillian Knight, John Wakefield, Paul Arden-Griffith, Julian Litttman, Jean Bailey, David Wilson-Johnson, Valerie Masterson, Josephine Veasey, David Syrus, Wyndham Parfitt and others; c:David Atherton, dir:Hans Werner Henze [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; with 3 newsclipping reviews; VG] £4
1976-77 Season
1976 (16 Sep): GOTTERDAMMERUNG (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production
Berit Lindholm, Jean Cox, Bengt Rundgren, Siegmund Nimsgern, Hanna Lisowska, Yvonne Minton, Zoltan Kelemen; c:Colin Davis [60pp, 5.25x9; black cover with picture of Wotan; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £5
1976 (6 Dec): ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production
Heather Harper, Peter Lindroos, Yvonne Minton, Ruth Welting, Geraint Evans, Thomas Allen, Paul Crook, Francis Egerton, Gwynne Howell, Norma Burrowes, Anne Wilkens, Eiddwen Harrhy; c:Edo de Waart/Edward Spanjaard, p:John Copley [5.25x9 red w.costume design; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1977 (30 May): SILVER JUBILEE GALA PERFORMANCE (ROH, CvtGdn) in the Presence of Her Majesty the Queen Souvenir Programme
Josephine Veasey, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Richard Van Allan, Anne Howells, Thomas Allen, Boris Christoff, Elizabeth Harwood, Yvonne Minton, Margaret Price, Placido Domingo, Geraint Evans, Gabriel Bacquier, Gwyneth Jones, Richard Cassilly, Ryland Davies, Merle Park, David Wall, Wayne Eagling, Jennifer Penney, Michael Coleman, Lesley Collier, Donald MacLeary, Lynn Seymour, Stephen Beagley, Derek Deane, Graham Fletcher, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Stephen Jefferies, Monica Mason, David Drew; c:Colin Davis/Ashley Lawrence [8pp; 4.25x11; a silver-grey textured-cloth programme, with printing in reflective silver; programme details inside, silver on royal purple; slightly rumpled and faded, else VG] £5
1977 (10 Jun): LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST (ROH, CvtGdn)
Carol Neblett, Placido Domingo, Silvano Carroli; c:Mehta [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1977 (26 Jul): THE ICE BREAK (ROH, CvtGdn)
Josephine Barstow, Heather Harper, Tom McDonnell, John Shirley-Quirk; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1977-78 Season
1977 (27 Sep): THE TROJANS AT CARTHAGE in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Yvonne Minton, Richard Cassilly, Joseph Rouleau, Ann Murray, Robin Leggate; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1977 (17 Nov): LOHENGRIN (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production
Kollo, Tomowa-Sintow, Donald McIntyre, Randova; c:Haitink [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1978 (2 Jan): DIE FLEDERMAUS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Te Kanawa, Heichele, Prey, Karczykowski, Luxon, Langdon, Tear, Meinrad; c:Mehta [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£3) SOLD
1978 (2 Feb): ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Heather Harper, Alberto Remedios, Yvonne Minton, Britt-Marie Aruhn; c:Klee [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1978 (14 Mch): IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Kenny, Baker, Cononovici, Burrows, Thomas Allen; c:Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1978 (22 May): PETER GRIMES (ROH, CvtGdn)
Robert Tear, Heather Harper, Norman Bailey, Forbes Robinson, Norman Welsby, John Lanigan, John Dobson, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Patricia Payne, Vincent Maguire; c:David Atherton [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, illustrated articles, photos, biographies] £4
1978 (21 Jun): LUISA MILLER (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ricciarelli, Pavarotti, Nucci; c:Maazel [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1978 (24 Jul): NORMA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Grace Bumbry, Josephine Veasey, Pedro Lavirgen, David Ward, Elizabeth Bainbridge; c:Lopez-Cobos [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4
1978-79 Season
1978 (22 Nov): L'AFRICAINE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Rinaldi, Bumbry, Domingo, Carroli; c:Maag [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1979 (5 Jan): SALOME (ROH, CvtGdn)
Hildegard Behrens, Siegmund Nimsgern, Josephine Veasey, Richard Cassilly; c:Zubin Mehta [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, excellent photos of past productions, biographies] £4
1979 (24 Feb): DIE ZAUBERFLOTE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ileana Cotrubas, Robin Leggate, Thomas Allen, Zdzislawa Donat, Robert Lloyd; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1979 (11 Apr): PARSIFAL (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production
Peter Hofmann, Yvonne Minton, Kurt Moll, Norman Bailey, Gwynne Howell, Franz Mazura; c:Georg Solti, p:Terry Hands [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations; a full programme] (£4) SOLD
1979-80 Season
1979 (5 Oct): THERESE - Tavener (ROH, CvtGdn)
Townley, Lewis, Tear, Rouleau, Ashe, Jackson, Richardson; c:Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1979 (8 Oct): THERESE - Tavener (ROH, CvtGdn)
Vivien Townley, Keith Lewis, Robert Tear, Joseph Rouleau; c:Edward Downes [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1980 (1 Jan): LA TRAVIATA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Kiri Te Kanawa, Stuart Burrows, Renato Bruson; c:Pritchard [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1980 (15 Apr): THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Tear, Lott, McIntyre, Payne; c:Sillem [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1980 (22 Apr): LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST (ROH, CvtGdn)
Giuseppe Giacomini (for Jon Vickers), Arlene Saunders, Silvano Carroli, Francis Egerton, Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell, Jonathan Summers, Tom McDonnell, John Rawnsley, Robin Leggate, Roderick Kennedy, John Dobson, Paul Crook, Malcolm Rivers, John Gibbs, Handel Owen, Paul Hudson, Jean Bailey; c:Giuseppe Patane [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1980 (20 May): TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Vickers, Lindholm, Minton, Howell; c:Mehta [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
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