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The Fairy Queen - 12 December 1946 Evening
Opera:
Performance details
Company: |
Sadler's Wells Ballet, Covent Garden Opera Company |
Venue: |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
Performance status: |
Original season |
Conductor
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Constant Lambert
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Chorus Master
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Douglas Robinson
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Leader
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Joseph Shadwick
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Cast |
ACT I Scene I - A GROVE NEAR ATHENS
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Titania
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Margaret Rawlings |
An Indian Boy
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Tony Tarver |
Attendant on Titania
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Muriel Rae |
Attendant on Titania
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Bruce Dargavel |
Puck
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James Kenney |
A Fairy
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Joan Sheldon |
Oberon
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Robert Helpmann |
Titania's Train
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Julia Farron |
Titania's Train
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Gerd Larsen |
Titania's Train
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Palma Nye |
Titania's Train
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Lorna Mossford |
Titania's Train
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Rosemary Lindsay |
Titania's Train
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Joan Grantham |
Titania's Train
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Christine du Boulay |
Titania's Train
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Margaret Sear |
INTERLUDE
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The God of the Birds
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Edgar Evans |
Ballet of the Birds
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Anne Negus |
Ballet of the Birds
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Pauline Clayden |
Ballet of the Birds
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Avril Navarre |
Ballet of the Birds
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Jill Gregory |
Scene II - THE WOOD
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Titania
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Margaret Rawlings |
Echo Dancer
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Beryl Grey |
Echo Dancer
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Gillian Lynne |
Echo Dancer
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Margaret Dale |
A Fairy
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Olive Dyer |
Oberon
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Robert Helpmann |
Masque of the Night
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Night
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Audrey Bowman |
Mystery
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Constance Shacklock |
Secrecy
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Gladys Palmer |
Sleep
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David Franklin |
Follower of Night
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Guinevere Parry |
Follower of Night
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Elizabeth Kennedy |
Follower of Night
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Wendy Winn |
Follower of Night
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Veronica Vail |
Follower of Night
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Anne Gieves |
Follower of Night
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Dorothea Zaymes |
Follower of Night
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Betty Cooper |
Follower of Night
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June Leighton |
Follower of Night
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Mavis Spence |
Follower of Night
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Rosemary Valaire |
Follower of Night
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Patricia Brooks |
Follower of Night
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Suzanne Jemmett |
Follower of Night
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Judy Gold |
Follower of Night
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Paula Dunning |
Follower of Night
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Fiorella Keane |
Follower of Night
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Juliet Darnley |
Follower of Night
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Leslie Edwards |
Follower of Night
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Franklin White |
Follower of Night
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Kenneth Melville |
Follower of Night
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Alexander Grant |
Follower of Night
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Alec Martin |
Follower of Night
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Stanley Hall |
Follower of Night
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Paul Reymond |
Follower of Night
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Philip Chatfield |
ACT II. Scene I - THE WOOD
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Quince
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Harcourt Williams |
Bottom
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Michael Hordern |
Snug
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Cyril Wheeler |
Flute
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Douglas Seale |
Snout
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Gordon Crier |
Starveling
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Ronald Ritchie |
Puck
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James Kenney |
Titania
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Margaret Rawlings |
Fairy
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Anne Negus |
Fairy
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Pauline Clayden |
Fairy
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Joan Sheldon |
Fairy
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Avril Navarre |
Transformation to Scene II - THE ENCHANTED LAKE
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Masque of Love
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Titania
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Margaret Rawlings |
Bottom
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Michael Hordern |
A Nymph
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Moira Shearer |
The Lover
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Edgar Evans |
Fairies' Dance
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Julia Farron |
Fairies' Dance
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Gerd Larsen |
Fairies' Dance
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Palma Nye |
Fairies' Dance
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Lorna Mossford |
Fairies' Dance
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Rosemary Lindsay |
Fairies' Dance
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Joan Grantham |
Fairies' Dance
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Christine du Boulay |
Fairies' Dance
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Margaret Sear |
Savage
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Franklin White |
Savage
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Kenneth Melville |
Savage
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Patrick (Paddy) Stone |
Savage
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Alexander Grant |
Ruler of the Spirits
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Muriel Burnett |
Spirit of the Air
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Margot Fonteyn |
Spirit of the Air
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Michael Somes |
ACT III. Scene I - THE WOOD
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Titania
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Margaret Rawlings |
Bottom
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Michael Hordern |
Oberon
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Robert Helpmann |
Puck
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James Kenney |
Masque of the Seasons
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Phoebus
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David Davenport |
Spring
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Muriel Burnett |
Attendant
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Moira Shearer |
Attendant
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Patrick Stone |
Attendant
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Franklin White |
Attendant
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Jill Gregory |
Attendant
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Avril Navarre |
Attendant
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Guinevere Parry |
Attendant
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Elizabeth Kennedy |
Summer
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Constance Shacklock |
Attendant
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Beryl Grey |
Attendant
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Leslie Edwards |
Attendant
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Philip Chatfield |
Attendant
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Judy Gold |
Attendant
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Anne Gieves |
Attendant
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Suzanne Jemmett |
Attendant
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Fiorella Keane |
Autumn
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Dennis Stephenson |
Attendant
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Michael Somes |
Attendant
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Alexander Grant |
Attendant
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Kenneth Melville |
Attendant
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Anne Negus |
Attendant
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Mavis Spence |
Attendant
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June Leighton |
Attendant
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Paula Dunning |
Winter
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Rhydderch Davies |
Attendant
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David Paltenghi |
Attendant
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Stanley Hall |
Attendant
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Paul Reymond |
Attendant
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Wendy Winn |
Attendant
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Betty Cooper |
Attendant
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Rosemary Valaire |
Attendant
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Dorothea Zaymes |
Transformation to Scene II - A CHINESE GARDEN
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Chinese Man
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Hubert Norville |
Chinese Woman
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Olive Dyer |
Chinese Dancer
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Alexis Rassine |
Chinese Dancer
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John Hart |
Chinese Dancer
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Pauline Clayden |
Chinese Dancer
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Margaret Dale |
Chinese Child
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Veronica Vail |
Chinese Child
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Peter Clegg |
A Priestess
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Audrey Bowman |
Votaress
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Muriel Rae |
Votaress
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Constance Shacklock |
Hymen
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Richard Ellis |
Finale
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The Entire Company |
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The Covent Garden Orchestra |
Notes: |
On the programme for this performance, 'Fiorella Keane' is spelled 'Fiorella Keen'.
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Language: |
English |
Information source: |
Royal Opera House programme for 12 December 1946 (in Royal Opera House Collections) |