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The Fairy Queen - 12 December 1946 Evening
Opera:
Performance details
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Company: |
Sadler's Wells Ballet, Covent Garden Opera Company |
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Venue: |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
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Performance status: |
Original season |
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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 |
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Notes: |
On the programme for this performance, 'Fiorella Keane' is spelled 'Fiorella Keen'.
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Language: |
English |
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Information source: |
Royal Opera House programme for 12 December 1946 (in Royal Opera House Collections) |