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1950 (16 Feb): FAUST (People's Palace Theatre, Mile End Road)
Carl Rosa Opera: Raymond Nilsson, Arthur Wallington, Arthur Copley, Barbara Howitt, Stella Phillips, Una Hale, c:Arthur Hammond [8pp, 5x7.5; cast, synopsis of scenes, synopsis, credits; uncommon; VG] £4

1950 (25 Feb): MADAM BUTTERFLY (People's Palace Theatre, Mile End Road)
Carl Rosa Opera: Ruth Packer, John Myrddin, Liddell Peddieson, Arthur Copley, Bruce Clark, Ernest Thomas, Dora Arnett, Alice Gange, c:David Andrews [8pp, 5x7.5; cast, synopsis of scenes, synopsis, credits; uncommon; VG] £4

1958 (19-24 May): CARL ROSA SEASON (Gaumont Theatre, Southampton) Flyer
Carl Rosa Opera: Advance notice of a week at the Southampton Gaumont; full repertoire and casting details; the operas performed were CARMEN, THE TALES OF HOFFMAN, RIGOLETTO, THE BARTERED BRIDE, DON GIOVANNI, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, and FAUST; casts included Margreta Elkins, Doreen Murray, Stanislav Pieczora, Kevin Miller, Joseph Ward, Gita Denise, Estelle Valery, John Heddle Nash, Joseph Satariano, Edwina Castoldi Gray, John Hargreaves; conductors: James Robertson, Bryan Balkwill, Edward Renton, Leonard Hancock [single-sheet, 5.7x8.9; Carl Rosa Orchestra of 40, Company of 100, Eighty-fourth year of tour; a survivor!; light horizontal folds, else VG] (£2) SOLD

1960 (2 Sep): THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Princes Theatre)
Carl Rosa Opera: Odette Ansell, Edward Byles, Joseph Ward, Joseph Satariano, Stanislav Pieczora, c:Maurits Sillem [12pp, 4.75x7.25; cast, synopsis, credits; uncommon; slightly rumpled, horizontal fold, else VG] (£3) SOLD