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Albi Rosenthal Collection - Oxford University Opera Club
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Mus. 333 c.2
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The fourth in a collection of 7 boxes of concert programmes from the Albi Rosenthal collection. The vast majority of programmes from the collection are from performances in and around Oxford, including various organisations, such as Oxford University Orchestra, Oxford Bach Choir, Oxford Subscription Concerts, and Lincoln College concert series. There are also a few programmes from London and abroad (France, Switzerland and Germany) held within their own separate box. The boxes in this collection are organised as follows:
1. Oxford programmes (1920 - 1949)
2. Oxford programmes Misc. 1 (1950-1979)
3. Oxford programmes Misc. 2 (1980-2004, Boars Hill Association and Oxford Posters)
4. Oxford University Opera Club (1925 - 1987)
5. Churchill Memorial Concerts (1968 - 1998)
6. Oxfordshire, GB, London and the Rest of the world (1926 - 2018)
7. Undated Oxford programmes
This Box contains concert programmes of performances given by the Oxford University Opera Club between 1925 -1987. The programmes are listed chronologically.
1925 December 7-9. Oxford Playhouse. Orpheus (Monteverdi).
1926 December 6-11. Oxford Playhouse. Alceste (Gluck).
1927 December 6-10. New theatre. The Coronation of Poppaea (Monteverdi).
1928 November 27 - December 1. New Theatre. Der Freischutz (von Weber).
1929 November 26-30. New Theatre. The Bartered Bride (Smetana).
1930 November 25 - 29. New Theatre. Czaar und Zimmerman (Lortzing, A.)
1931 November 24-28. New Theatre. A Night in May (Rimsky-korsakov).
1932. New Theatre. Kate and the Devil (Dvorak).
1933. Oxford Playhouse. Iphigenia in Aulis (Gluck).
1934 November 22-27. Town Hall. Caster and Pollux (Rameau).
1937 March 9-13. Oxford playhouse. Savitri (Holst) and Venus and Adonis (Blow).
1937 November 30 - December 4. Oxford Playhouse. Dido and Aenaes (Purcell) and Master Peter’s Puppet Show
1947 December 3-5. Town Hall. Idomeneo (Mozart).
1949 Hilary. [No Location listed]. Much Ado About Nothing (Stanford). [This copy is covered in scribbles]
1949 Michaelmas. Town Hall. Iphigenia in Tauris (Gluck).
1950 Michaelmas. [No Location listed]. Les Troyens (Berlioz).
1951 Michaelmas. Oxford Playhouse. Incognita (Wellesz).
1952 Michaelmas. Town Hall. La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart).
1953 December 2-5. Town Hall. Hans Heiling (Marschner, H.)
1954 December 1-4. Town Hall. Macbeth (Verdi)
1955 November 30 - December 3. Town Hall. The Fair Maid of Perth (Bizet).
1956 December 5-8. Town Hall. The Secret (Smetana)
1957. Town Hall. Ernani (Verdi)
1958. Town Hall. Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky) and L’enfant et les sortileges (Ravel)
1959. Town Hall. Kovanshchina (Mussorgsky, M.).
1960 November 30 - December 3. Town Hall. Men of Blackmoor (A. Bush)
1961 December 6-9. Town Hall. Il Mitridate Eupatore (Scarlatti).
1963 December 4-7. Town Hall. The Sicilian Vespers (Verdi).
1964 December 2-5. Town Hall. The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)
1980 February. Oxford Playhouse. Jessonda (E. Gehe)
1981 November 7 & 8. [No Location listed]. Opera sublime and ridiculous.
1985 February 19-23. Oxford Playhouse. The Touchstone (Rossini)
1987 February. Oxford Playhouse. Camacho’s Wedding (Mendelssohn)
Date range
1925 - 1987
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Oxford University Opera Club -
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Oxford
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Bodleian Library, Music Library
Broad Street,Music Library Oxford OX1 3BG Open Map
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http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk
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The collection has very strong holdings of British music and related material acquired in part by legal deposit. Many collected editions and scholarly series. Very strong periodical coverage, including major 19thC European journals. Largest collection of American song material in UK.
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