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Performance TitleCostume Performance of the Garden Scene of Gounod's 'Faust' and the whole of Mascagni's 'Cavalleria Rusticana', in aid of The European Starving Children (Save the Children Fund)
Performance Date26 June 1920
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersAida Faviell (Marguerite),
Mabel Corran (Siebel),
Augustus Milner (Mephistopheles),
Ethel Peake (Martha),
Helen Lothian,
Frank Webster (Faust),
Andrew Shanks,
Webster Millar - vocals
Orchestra or BandOrchestra
ChoirsChorus of 180 (Members of Mr Henry Jaxon's Wembley Choir, the Fairbairn Miln Opera, and students of the London School of Opera)
ConductorsMr H Grunebaum
Set List'Overture - Robin des Bois', Weber (Orchestra),
'Act III (Garden Act)' from Faust, Gounod (Aida Faviell, Ethel Peake, Mabel Corran, Frank Webster, Augustus Milner),
'Soldiers' Chorus' from Faust, Gounod (Chorus, Orchestra)
INTERVAL (Appeal)
'Cavalleria Rusticana', Mascagni (Ethel Peake, Mabel Corran, Helen Lothian, Webster Millar, Andrew Shanks)
Performance Notes"SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND.
In the Albert Hall on Saturday afternoon, in aid of Lord Weardale's 'Save the Children Fund', a charming and unusual entertainment was carried out by the London School of Opera...During an ainterval Miss Geraldine Cooke made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the fund and a collection was made"
(The Daily Telegraph, 27 June 1920)

Produced by Mr T C Fairbairn.

Staged in-the-round with the arena decorated to resemble an open space with trees, shrubs and flowers.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1920/39)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1920/39Costume Performance of the Garden Scene of Faust and the whole of Cavalleria Rusticana, in aid of The European Starving Children26 June 1920
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OotalepeanidcbCostume Performance of the Garden Scene of Gounod's 'Faust' and the whole of Mascagni's 'Cavalleria Rusticana', in aid of The European Starving Children (Save the Children Fund)1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1748Faviell; Aida (fl 1920); Jewish singer
DS/UK/1749Corran; Mabel (fl 1913-1920); British singer, teacher
DS/UK/1750Millar; Webster (fl 1903-1924); British singer
DS/UK/1751Milner; Augustus (fl 1920); Irish tenor
DS/UK/1752Peake; Ethel (1885-1954); British mezzo soprano
DS/UK/1753Lothian; Helen (fl 1920); British singer
DS/UK/1627Webster; Frank (fl 1919-1920s); British singer
DS/UK/1754Shanks; Andrew (fl 1920-1924); British singer
DS/UK/1756Save the Children Fund; 1919-; International NGO
DS/UK/1757Cooke; Geraldine (fl 1920); British Secretary of the Save the Children fund
DS/UK/1492Fairbairn; T C (fl 1910s-1930s); English music promoter
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