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Collection Summary

Collection Title

State Performances: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1907-39)

Unique Identifier

Tab.689.a.2. (3-6.)

Description

A collection of playbills/souvenir programmes for four Gala/State Performances given under the auspices of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden between 1907 and 1939, arranged chronologically as tracts 3-6 of a bound volume.

Tracts 3-5 consist of illustrated playbills (with programmes and indications of performers) printed on silk. Tract 6 is a souvenir programme, including detailed lists of the solo and orchestral performers.

[3.]
11 June 1907: Gala Performance, in honour of the visit of their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark. This was a three-part performance featuring the first acts of [Puccini], Madame Butterfly and La Boheme (conducted by Signor Campanini) and selections from the first two scenes of the third act of [Wagner], Die Meistersinger (conducted by Hans Richter).

[4.]
27 May 1908: Gala Performance, in honour of the visit of the President of the French Republic, conducted by Signor Campanini. This was a two-part concert consisting of selections from [Bizet] I Pescatori di Perle (Act I) and [Gounod] Faust (Act II).

[5.]
11 May 1914: State Performance, in honour of the visit of their Majesties King and Queen of Denmark. This was a three-part concert consisting of selections from [Verdi], Tosca (Act I), [Puccini] , La Boheme (Act I) and [Verdi], Aida (Act II/ii), conducted by Giorgi Polacco, Albert Coates and Arthur Nikisch.

[6.]
22 March 1939: Grand State Performance, in honour of the visit of President of the French Republic and Madame Lebrun. This was a two-part performance of Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty, given by Vic-Wells Ballet and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert. Also, Debussy, Iberia, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Thomas Beecham.

Format

Date range of collection

1907 - 1939

Accumulation Dates

-

Suggested Audience

Not Specific

Associated People or Organisations

• Wagner, Richard -
• Vic-Wells Ballet -
• Verdi, Giuseppe -
• Tchaikovsky, Pyotr -
• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden -
• Richter, Hans -
• Puccini, Giacomo -
• Polacco, Giorgio -
• Nikisch, Artur -
• London Philharmonic Orchestra -
• Lambert, Constant -
• Gounod, Charles -
• Debussy, Claude -
• Coates, Albert -
• Bizet, Georges -
• Beecham, Thomas -

Associated Places

• Royal Opera House

Associated Times

• 20th century - early 1900-1930
• 20th century - mid 1931-1970

This collection is about

• Brochures
• Illustrations
• Playbills
• List of orchestral players

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Accrual Status

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