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COVENT GARDEN: 1980s
1980-81 Season
1980 (15 Dec): LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN (ROH, CvtGdn) First performance of a new production
Placido Domingo, Luciana Serra, Agnes Baltsa, Ileana Cotrubas, Geraint Evans, Siegmund Nimsgern, Nicola Ghiuselev, Claire Powell; c:George Pretre, dir:John Schlesinger [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; substantial programme w.synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] (£4) SOLD
1981 (9 Mch): L'AFRICAINE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Grace Bumbry, Franco Bonisolli, Silvano Carroli, John Hancorn, Gwynne Howell, Robert Tear, Donald McIntyre; c:David Atherton [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1981 (27 Mch): MACBETH (ROH, CvtGdn)
Renato Bruson, Renata Scotto, Neil Shicoff, Robert Lloyd; c:Riccardo Muti [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1981 (6 Jul): DON GIOVANNI (ROH, CvtGdn) first performance of a new production
Raimondi, Van Allan, Janowitz, Te Kanawa, Burrows; c:Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1981 (22 Jul): DON GIOVANNI (ROH, CvtGdn)
Raimondi, Van Allan, Janowitz, Te Kanawa, Burrows; c:Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1981-82 Season
1981 (1 Oct): SAMSON ET DALILA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jon Vickers, Shirley Verrett, John Tomlinson, Jonathan Summers; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; slightly scuffed, else VG] £4
1981 (15 Oct): SAMSON ET DALILA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jon Vickers, Shirley Verrett, John Tomlinson, Jonathan Summers; c:Colin Davis [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1981 (10 Nov): LA SONNAMBULA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ileana Cotrubas, Dennis O'Neill, Robert Lloyd, Phyllis Cannan, Elizabeth Gale, Roderick Earle; c:Manfred Ramin [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1981 (Dec): A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Thea Musgrave (Royal Opera at Sadler's Wells) European Premiere
Frederick Burchinal/Jonathan Summers, Murray Melvin, Sandra Dugdale/Elaine Mary Hall, Eiddwen Harrhy/Vivien Townley, Elizabeth Bainbridge/Phyllis Cannan, Robin Leggate/Terry Jenkins, Philip Gelling/William Shimell, Forbes Robinson/Eric Garrett, Philip Locke, Howard Bell, Ivo Martinez/Gabriele Zuccarini, London Sinfonietta c:Peter Mark/David Syrus [36pp, 5.25x9; synopsis, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4
1982 (6 Jan): DON GIOVANNI (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ruggero Raimondi, Geraint Evans, Makvala Kasrashvili, Stuart Burrows, Stefka Evstatieva, Marie McLaughlin, Roderick Earle, John Tomlinson; c:Gustav Kuhn [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1982 (4 Feb): LA BOHEME (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ileana Cotrubas, Neil Shicoff, Thomas Allen; c:Lamberto Gardelli, p:John Copley [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; w.newclipping review] £4
1982 (9 Mch): BILLY BUDD (ROH, CvtGdn)
Robert Tear, Thomas Allen, Forbes Robinson, John Tomlinson, Paul Crook, John Gibbs, Dennis Wicks, Peter Savidge, Eric Garrett, Matthew Best, David Wilson-Johnson, Philip Gelling, Handel Owen, Robin Leggate, Roderick Kennedy, John Dobson; c:Richard Armstrong [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1982 (13 Jul): FALSTAFF (ROH, CvtGdn)
Renato Bruson, Katia Ricciarelli, Leo Nucci, Barbara Hendricks, Dalmacio Gonzalez; c:Carlo Maria Giulini, dir:Ronald Eyre [5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, rehearsal photos, biographies; minor marks else VG] £3
1982-83 Season
1982 (Sep-Oct): DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jones, Lindholm, Remedios, Hofmann, Cassilly, McIntyre, Esther Gray, Kuhne, Gibbs, Minton, Tear, Dobson, Crook, Mora, Hubner; c:Davis [96pp; 5.25x9 red w.black coat of arms; substantial book, w.synopses, cast lists, articles, photos, biographies etc.] (£5) SOLD
1982 (21 Oct): KHOVANSHCHINA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Nesterenko, McIntyre, Field, Minton, G.Howell, Tear; c:Svetlanov [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1983 (18 Apr): THE CARMELITES in English (ROH, CvtGdn)
Felicity Lott, Regine Crespin, Lilian Watson, Pauline Tinsley, Valerie Masterson, Patricia Payne, Eiddwen Harrhy; c:Michel Plasson [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; light vertical crease, slightly rumpled] £3
1983 (19 Apr): DON CARLOS 5-Act Version (ROH, CvtGdn)
Stefka Evstatieva, Peyo Garazzi, Livia Budai, Thomas Allen, Robert Lloyd, John Tomlinson, Joseph Rouleau; c:Bernard Haitink [54pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, many photos, biographies with photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1983 (19 May): MANON LESCAUT (ROH, CvtGdn)
Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo, Thomas Allen; c:Sinopoli [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1983 (29 Jun): TAVERNER - Maxwell Davies (ROH, CvtGdn)
Raimund Herincx, Ragnar Ulfung, John Tomlinson, Sarah Walker, James Bowman; c:Downes [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, excellent photos and illustrations, biographies] £4
1983 (11 Jul): TAVERNER - Maxwell Davies (ROH, CvtGdn)
Raimund Herincx, Ragnar Ulfung, John Tomlinson, Sarah Walker, James Bowman; c:Downes [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, excellent photos and illustrations, biographies] £4
1983-84 Season
1983 (24 Sep): THE NIGHTINGALE and L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES (ROH, CvtGdn)
NIGHTINGALE: Philip Langridge, Phyllis Bryn-Julson/Dorothy Dorow, Alfreda Hodgson; L'ENFANT: Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Philip Langridge, Sandra Dugdale, Joseph Rouleau, Della Jones, Patricia Parker, Kim Begley; c:David Atherton, p:John Dexter [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations; VG] £4
1983 (25 Nov): BORIS GODUNOV (ROH, CvtGdn) New production
Robert Lloyd, Philip Langridge, Gwynne Howell, Michel Svetlev, Sergei Kopcak, John Shirley-Quirk; c:Claudio Abbado [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; packed programme; synopsis, articles, excellent photos, biographies] £4
1983-84 (Christmas): DIE FLEDERMAUS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Kiri te Kanawa, Hermann Prey, Hildegarde Heichele, Dennis O'Neill, Benjamin Luxon, Michael Langdon, Doris Soffel, Merle Parke, Wayne Eagling, Paul Crook; c:Placido Domingo [8pp, 5.9x8.25; synopsis, 6 production photos, credits; with cast list insert; these were the first performances to be surtitled; VG] £2
1984 (24 Jan): WOZZECK (ROH, CvtGdn)
Van Dam, Silja, McIntyre, King; c:von Dohnanyi [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; slightly rumpled] (£4) SOLD
1984 (10 Feb): ANDREA CHENIER (ROH, CvtGdn)
Carreras, Plowright, Weikl; c:Armstrong [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1984 (20 Mch): PETER GRIMES (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jon Vickers, Heather Harper, Jonathan Summers, John Tomlinson, Russell Smythe, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Alfreda Hodgson, Massimo Mezzofanti; c:Bernard Haitink [60pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, many photos, biographies with photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1984 (16 Jun): TOSCA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Mara Zampieri, Giacomo Aragall, Guillermo Sarabia, Paul Crook, Roderick Earle, Paul Hudson; c:Robin Stapleton [c60pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, many photos, biographies with photos; Tribute to Tito Gobbi (1913-1984); slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1984-85 Season
1984 (19 Sep): TURANDOT (ROH, CvtGdn) A new production
Ernesto Veronelli (for Martinucci), Ghena Dimitrova, Helen Donath, Gwynne Howell; c:John Barker [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; cast alteration written in] £4
1984 (25 Sep): TANNHAUSER (ROH, CvtGdn) A new production
Konig, Randova, G.Jones, T.Allen, Hubner; c:C.Davis [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1984 (29 Sep): TOSCA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Zampieri, Lamberti, McIntyre; c:Mackerras [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations] (£4) SOLD
1984 (7 Nov): BORIS GODUNOV (ROH, CvtGdn)
Nicola Ghiuselev, Dimitri Kavrakos, Robert Tear, Eva Randova, Robin Leggate, Aage Haugland, Fiona Kimm, Marta Szirmay, Stafford Dean; c:James Lockhart, dir:Andrei Tarkovsky [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations; rumpled] £3
1984 (12 Nov): BORIS GODUNOV (ROH, CvtGdn)
Nicola Ghiuselev, Dimitri Kavrakos, Robert Tear, Eva Randova, Robin Leggate, Aage Haugland, Fiona Kimm, Marta Szirmay, Stafford Dean; c:James Lockhart, dir:Andrei Tarkovsky [72pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, many photos, biographies with photos; substantial programme; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1985 (6 Feb): LA TRAVIATA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ileana Cotrubas, Neil Shicoff, Norman Bailey; c:Colin Davis, p:Luchino Visconti [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations] £4
1985 (20 Feb): SAMSON - Handel (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jon Vickers, Carol Vaness, Marie McLaughlin, Kim Begley, John Tomlinson; c:Julius Rudel [5.75x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations] £4
1985 (23 Feb): SAMSON (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jon Vickers, Carol Vaness, Marie McLaughlin, Kim Begley, John Tomlinson; c:Julius Rudel [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations] £4
1985 (5 Mch): SAMSON (ROH, CvtGdn) New Production
Jon Vickers, Carol Vaness, Marie McLaughlin, Sarah Walker, Robert Lloyd, John Tomlinson, Kim Begley; c:Julius Rudel [c60pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, designs, photos, biographies with photos; slightly rumpled, miniscule bite out of cover, else VG] £4
1985 (9 Apr): DON CARLO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ileana Cotrubas, Luis Lima, Giorgio Zancanaro, Robert Lloyd, Bruna Baglioni, Joseph Rouleau, Matthew Best; c:Bernard Haitink, p:Luchino Visconti [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1985 (1 Jun): COSI FAN TUTTE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Araiza, Smythe, Price, Howells; c:Davis [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1985 (2 Jul): ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Plowright, King, Battle, Murray; c:Tate [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1985 (29 Jun): LA DONNA DEL LAGO (ROH, CvtGdn)
Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade, Chris Merritt, David Rendall; c:Lawrence Foster [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1985 (5 Jul): ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jessye Norman, James King, Kathleen Battle, Ann Murray, Norman Bailey; c:Jeffrey Tate [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies, illustrations] £4
1985-86 Season
1985 (11 Oct): A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY and THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA - Zemlinsky (ROH, CvtGdn)
Kenneth Riegel (for Kim Begley), Claire Powell, Isobel Buchanan, Stafford Dean; c:Colin Davis [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1986 (17 Mch): DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER (ROH, CvtGdn) New production
Plowright, Estes, Jerusalem, Lloyd; c:Albrecht [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1986 (8 Jul): FIDELIO (ROH, CvtGdn) New production
Elizabeth Connell, James King, Hartmut Welker, Gwynne Howell, Laurence Dale, Marie McLaughlin; c:Colin Davis [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1986-87 Season
1986 (20 Sep): JENUFA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ashley Putnam, Eva Randova, Philip Langridge, Neil Rosenheim; c:Bernard Haitink [c60pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, many photos, designs, biographies with photos; slightly rumpled, cover ink smudged, else VG] £4
1986 (17 Nov): JENUFA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ashley Putnam, Eva Randova, Philip Langridge, Neil Rosenshein; c:Haitink [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos (some in colour), biographies; cover smudged, else VG] £4
1987 (7 Mch): ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, William Johns, Ann Murray, Edita Gruberova; c:Colin Davis [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1987 (23 Mch): ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (ROH, CvtGdn)
Janowitz, Johns, Murray, Gruberova; c:Davis [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1987 (6 Apr): THE KING GOES FORTH TO FRANCE (ROH, CvtGdn) New production
Melbye, Begley, McDiarmid, Dean, Hannan, Walker, Masterson, Maxwell; c:Kamu [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1987-88 Season
1987 (28 Sep): FALSTAFF (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ingvar Wixell, Ileana Cotrubas, Jonathan Summers, John Dobson, Anne Howells, Barbara Bonney, Brigitte Fassbaender, Alejandro Ramirez; c:Giuseppe Patane [c60pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, many photos, biographies with photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1988 (11 Jan): L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI (ROH, CvtGdn) New production
Agnes Baltsa, Paolo Montarsolo, Alessandro Corbelli, Judith Howarth; c:Ferro [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] £4
1988 (29 Feb): UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Dennis O'Neill (for Giacomo Aragall), Margaret Price, Alexandru Agache, Irina Arkhipova, Judith Howarth, Anthony Michaels-Moore; c:Richard Armstrong [c60pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; w.replacement slip; synopsis, articles, photos, illustrations, biographies with photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1988 (16 Mch): EUGENE ONEGIN (ROH, CvtGdn)
Mirella Freni, Jean Rigby, Wolfgang Brendel, Peter Dvorsky, Nicolai Ghiaurov; c:Mark Ermler [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1988 (17 May): PETER GRIMES (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jacque Trussel, Josephine Barstow, Victor Braun, Peter Savidge, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Patricia Johnson, Keith Johnston; c:John Barker [c60pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, illustrations, biographies with photos; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1988 (1 Jun): PETER GRIMES (ROH, CvtGdn)
Jacque Trussel (for Vickers), Josephine Barstow, Victor Braun; c:Barker [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; insert details cast change] £4
1988 (18 Jun): ANNA BOLENA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Sutherland, Mentzer, Kavrakos, Begley; c:Bonynge [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; substantial, w.synopsis, articles, photos, colour illustrations etc., biographies] (£4) SOLD
1988 (25 Jun): MACBETH (ROH, CvtGdn)
Renato Bruson, Elizabeth Connell, Gwynne Howell, Dennis O'Neill, Robin Leggate, Roderick Earle; c:Edward Downes [c60pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, illustrations, biographies with photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1988 (5 Jul): ELEKTRA (ROH, CvtGdn)
G.Jones, Falcon, Dernesch, W.White, Woollam; c:Albrecht [5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies] (£4) SOLD
1988 (14 Jul): BORIS GODUNOV (ROH, CvtGdn)
Robert Lloyd, Robert Tear, Eva Randova, Gwynne Howell, Vladimir Popov, Gunter Missenhardt, Fiona Kimm, Anne-Marie Owens, Robin Leggate; c:James Conlon [c60pp, 5.9x9.25 red w.black coat of arms; synopsis, articles, photos, illustrations, biographies with photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1988-89 Season
1989 (2 Mch): UN RE IN ASCOLTO (ROH, CvtGdn)
McIntyre, Tear, Harries; c:Harrap [7.3x9.75 substantial red/marbled booklet; synopsis, complete libretto, articles, photos, biographies; w.cast list insert] (£4) SOLD
1989 (1 May): ALBERT HERRING (ROH, CvtGdn)
John Graham-Hall, Pauline Tinsley, Felicity Palmer, Elizabeth Gale, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Alexander Oliver, Richard Van
Allan, Jeffrey Black, Eirian James, Patricia Kern; c:Roger Norrington, dir:Peter Hall [7.3x9.75 substantial red/marbled booklet; synopsis, articles, photos (some in colour), biographies; w.cast list insert] £4
1989 (12 May): ALBERT HERRING (ROH, CvtGdn)
John Graham-Hall, Pauline Tinsley, Felicity Palmer, Elizabeth Gale, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Alexander Oliver, Richard Van
Allan, Jeffrey Black, Eirian James, Patricia Kern; c:Roger Norrington, dir:Peter Hall [7.3x9.75 substantial red/marbled booklet; synopsis, articles, photos (some in colour), biographies; w.cast list insert] £4
1989-90 Season
1989 (Oct): PETER GRIMES (ROH, CvtGdn)
Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Donald McIntyre, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Sarah Walker, John Walsh; c:Roger Norrington [c76pp, substantial red/marbled booklet; synopsis, articles, photos, illustrations, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1990 (23 Feb): PRINCE IGOR (ROH, CvtGdn)
Sergei Leiferkus, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Alexei Steblianko, Nicola Ghiuselev, Paata Burchuladze, Elena Zaremba; c:Haitink [7.3x9.75 substantial red/marbled booklet; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; w.cast list insert] £4
1990 (7 Mch): ELEKTRA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Eva Marton, Nadine Secunde, Marjana Lipovsek, Robert Hale, Robert Tear; c:Solti [7.3x9.75 cast list insert; rumpled] free
1990 (7 May): IL TROVATORE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Carol Vaness, Walter Donati, Sergei Leiferkus, Eva Randova, Willard White; c:Downes, p:Piero Faggioni [7.3x9.75 substantial red/marbled booklet; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; w.cast list insert] £4
1990 (8 May): LA CENERENTOLA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Alison Browner, Deon van der Walt, Peter Coleman-Wright, Claudio Desderi, Daniela Lojarro, Eirian James, Donald Maxwell; c:Carlo Rizzi, dir:Michael Hampe [7.3x9.75 substantial red/marbled booklet; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; w.cast list insert] £4
1990 (13 Jun): LA BOHEME (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ilona Tokody, Jerry Hadley, Jonathan Summers; c:Pappano [7.3x9.75 substantial red/marbled booklet; synopsis, articles, photos, biographies; w.cast list insert] £4
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