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Performance TitleSpecial Sunday Concerts (1927-1928) - An Afternoon of Grand Opera with Sir Thomas Beecham
Performance Date19 February 1928
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersDi Mazzei,
Guglielmetti,
Offers,
Zaporojetz - vocals
Secondary PerformersCorinne Hay - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSir Thomas Beecham
Set List'Overture' from Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck (London Symphony Orchestra),
Improviso: 'Andrea Chenier', Giordano (Di Mazzei),
Cortege et Air de Danse 'L'Enfant Prodigue', Debussy (London Symphony Orchestra),
Pantomine: 'Zemire et Azor', Gretry (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Gavotte', Paul Vidal (London Symphony Orchestra),
Cavatine: 'So Anch'io La Virtu Magica' (Don Pasquale), Donizetti (Guglielmetti),
'La Chasse Royale et l'Orage' (Les Troyens), Berlioz (London Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'La Reine de Saba', Gounod (Offers),
Prelude: 'Fair Maid of Perth' Bizet (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Danse Bohemienne', Bizet (London Symphony Orchestra),
Cavatina: 'Se Oppressi Ognor' (La Juive), Halevy (Zaporojetz),
'Overture' from Die Meistersinger, Wagner (London Symphony Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1928/16)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1928/16Special Sunday Concerts - An Afternoon of Grand Opera, Under the Direction of Sir Thomas Beecham19 February 1928
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EazadopyvipiorSpecial Sunday Concerts (1927-1928)34
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/346Beecham; Sir; Thomas (29 April 1879-8 March 1961); 2nd Barronet of Ewanville, CH; English conductor and impresario
DS/UK/452Zaporojetz; Kapiton (1880-1937); Russian bass singer
DS/UK/1416Offers; Maartje (1891-1944); Dutch contralto classical singer
DS/UK/453Guglielmetti; Maria (fl 1927-1960s); Italian soprano
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