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Performance TitleMendelssohn's 'Elijah', in aid of St. Dunstan's and the Safer Motherhood Appeal (National Birthday Trust Fund)
Performance Date12 February 1934
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersAlicia Markova,
Errol Addison,
Alison MacLaren,
Molly Lake,
Anne Stafford Northcote,
Christine Rosslyn,
Elizabeth Miller,
Yvonne Lurion,
Netta Lewis,
Harold Williams,
Maria Sandra,
Cuthbert Reavely,
Stiles-Allen,
Henry Wendon,
Jean Summers,
Betsy De La Porte
Gladys Ripley,
J Marston - vocals and dancers,
Albert Edwards - organ
Orchestra or BandSymphony Orcehestra
ChoirsChorus of 1,000
ConductorsAlbert Coates,
Arthur Hammond,
Charles Proctor
Set List'Elijah', Mendelssohn
Performance NotesT C Fairbairn - producer,
Euphan McLaren - choreographer


According to an article in The Daily Telegraph (12 February 1934) the production installed a proscenium which was believed to have been the largest in the world at 60 feet high and 70 feet broad. There was a cast of 1,200 and the conductor had a mechanism on his rostrum that he stamped on every beat of the music which lit a light behind the scenes for the unseen choir offstage to see. A 60 foot length or wire ran between a bridge and the stage floor and after an electrical detonation a flare of red flame would sweep downward to the stage to symbolise a ball of fire.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1934/13),
Postcard (RAHE/8/10/2)
Ticket Prices2s 6d-10s 6d
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?WaWKT9WFojV8w
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1934/13'Elijah' in aid of St Dunstan's and the Safer Motherhood Campaign (National Birthday Trust Fund)12-24 February 1934
RAHE/8/10/2Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'c1934-1936
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IekolaixckipusMendelssohn's 'Elijah', in aid of St. Dunstan's and the Safer Motherhood Appeal (National Birthday Trust Fund)14
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2553Markova; Dame; Alicia (1910-2004); English ballerina, choreographer, director, teacher of classical ballet
DS/UK/1788Stafford-Northcote; Anne (fl 1930s); British ballet dancer
DS/UK/2803Lurian; Yvonne (fl 1930s); Dancer
DS/UK/1221Williams; Harold John (1893-1976); MBE; Australian baritone
DS/UK/1117Stiles-Allen; Lilian (1896-1982); British soprano
DS/UK/1335Wendon; Henry (fl 1930s); British operatic tenor
DS/UK/2804De La Porte; Elizabeth Jacoba 'Betsy' (1901-1977); South African mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/1247Ripley; Gladys (1908-1955); English contralto
DS/UK/305Coates; Albert (1882-1953); English conductor, composer
DS/UK/2358Proctor; Charles (1906-1996); English conductor, choir master, composer
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