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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1950 - Fifty-Sixth Season - Prom 13 - Italian Opera and Russian Ballet Concert
Performance Date5 August 1950
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJoan Hammond,
James Johnston - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Opera Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Opera Chorus
ConductorsStanford Robinson
Set List'Overture' from La Gazza Ladra, Rossini,
Recit and Aria - 'Madre, Pietosa' from La Forza del Destino, Verdi,
'Intermezzi' from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni,
'The Jewels of the Madonna', Wolf-Ferrari,
Recit and Aria - 'Celeste Aida' from Aida, Verdi,
'Torch Dance and Calvalcade' from Romeo and Juliet, Zondonai,
'Duet from Act I' from Madam Butterfly, Puccini,
'Invocation to the Moon' from Turandot, Puccini
INTERVAL
'Overture' from Prince Igor, Borodin-Glazounov,
Suite - 'Cinderella', Prokofiev,
Suite - 'The Sleeping Beauty', Tchaikovsky
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1950/155),
Programme (RAHE/1/1950/169)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1950/169Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - 56th Season - Italian Opera-Russian Ballet Concert5 August 1950
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OopabidorinofBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1950 - Fifty-Sixth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/138Sutherland; Dame; Joan (7 November 1926-10 October 2010); OM AC DBE; Australian soprano singer
DS/UK/6446Johnston; James (1903-1991); Northern Irish tenor, oratorio singer
DS/UK/2107British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); The BBC Opera Chorus; c 1950-1952; British operatic choir
DS/UK/2109British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); The BBC Opera Orchestra; 1949-1952; British operatic orchestra
DS/UK/2108Robinson; Stanford (1904-1984); OBE; English conductor, composer
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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