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Performance TitleSpecial Sunday Concerts (1923-1924 Season) - Operatic Concert
Performance Date10 February 1924
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15.00
Main PerformersFlorence Austral,
Gertrude Johnson,
Edna Thorton,
Frank Mullings,
Browning Mummery,
Joseph Farrington,
Robert Radford,
Secondary PerformersLeslie Heward, piano,
Arnold Perry, piano,
Orchestra or BandBritish National Opera Company
ChoirsBritish National Opera Company (Chorus Master - Herbert Withers)
Set ListChoral items - 'Madrigal', (Fete Galante), Ethel Smyth, (Full chorus of the British National Opera Company),
Finale from 'Phoebus and Pan', Bach, (Full chorus of the British National Opera Company),
Aria - 'Vulcan's Song', (Philemon et Baucis), Gounod, (Joseph Farrington),
Aria - 'Ritorna Vincitor', (Aida), Verdi, (Florence Austral),
Sextet from 'Lucia de Lammermor', Donizetti, (Gertrude Johnson, Edna Thorton, Frank Mullings, Browning Mummery, Joseph Farrington, Robert Radford),
Aria - 'She alone charmeth my Sadness' (Reine de Saba), Gounod, (Robert Radford),
Choral Selection from 'Alkestis', Rutland Boughton, (Full chorus of the British National Opera Company),
Aria - 'O! Paradiso', (L'Africaine), Meyerbeer, (Frank Mullings),
Aria - 'My Heart is Weary' (Nadeshda), Goring Thomas, (Edna Thornton),
Quartet - 'Un di si ben', (Rigoletto), Verdi, (Gertrude Johnson, Edna Thorton, Frank Mullings, Joseph Farrington),
Aria - 'Che gelida manina', (La Boheme), Puccini, (Browning Mummery),
Waltz Song - 'Romeo and Juliet', Gounod, (Miss Gertrude Johnson),
'Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana), Mascagni, (Miss Florence Austral), (Full chorus of the British National Opera Company),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1924/62/SC)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1924/62/SCSpecial Sunday Concerts - Operatic Concert10 February 1924
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OhokakaiviheahSpecial Sunday Concerts (1923-1924 Season)35
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1217British National Opera Compnay; 1921-1929; British opera company
DS/UK/195Austral; Florence (26 April 1892-15 May 1968); Australian operatic soprano singer
DS/UK/2521Thornton; Edna (1875-1964); English contralto
DS/UK/3116Mummery; Browning (1888-1974); Australian tenor
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