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Performance TitleSpecial Sunday Concert - Grand Opera Company, in aid of The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors (St Dunstan's)
Performance Date8 July 1917
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:30
Main PerformersMigon Nevanda,,
Edna Thornton
Webster Millar,
Norman Allin,
Robert Parker,
Elsa Stralia,
Frank Mullings,
Foster Richardson,
Rosina Buckman - vocals
ConductorsSir Thomas Beecham,
Percy Pitt,
Eugene Goossens
Set ListOverture 'Oberon', Weber,
Quartet 'Un Di Se bBn' from Rigoletto, Verdi (Migon Nevanda, Edna Thornton, Webster Millar, Norman Allin),
Air 'Prologue' from Pagliacci, Leoncavallo (Robert Parker),
Air 'Ritorna Vincitor' from Aida, Verdi (Elsa Stralia),
Air 'Flower Song' from Carmen, Bizet (Webster Millar),
'L'Invocazione' (Un Ballo in Maschera), Verdi (Edna Thornton),,
Air 'Celeste Aida', Verdi (Frank Mullings),
Air 'Qui Sdegno' from The Magic Flute, Mozart (Foster Richardson),
'Trio from Prison Scene' from Faust, Gounod (Rosina Buckman, Frank Mullings, Norman Allin),
Overture 'William Tell', Rossini
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1917/74/SC)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1917/33Special Sunday Concert - Sir Thomas Beecham Grand Opera Company8 July 1917
RAHE/1/1917/74/SCSunday Concerts - Grand Opera Company, in aid of The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors (St Dunstan's)8 July 1917
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oigosap_KineamSpecial Sunday Concerts 19179
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1236St Dunstans (Blind Veterans UK since 2012); 1915-; British charity for blind ex-Service men and women
DS/UK/257Buckman; Rosina (16 March 1881-31 December 1948); New Zealand soprano
DS/UK/5389Richardson; Foster (fl 1917-1937); British singer
DS/UK/1603Mullings; Frank (1881-1953); English tenor
DS/UK/1857Stralia; Elsa (1881-1945); Australian soprano
DS/UK/5390Parker; Robert (fl 1917); British singer
DS/UK/1584Allin; Norman (1884-1973); British bass singer
DS/UK/1750Millar; Webster (fl 1903-1924); British singer
DS/UK/2521Thornton; Edna (1875-1964); English contralto
DS/UK/5391Nevanda; Migon (1886-1971); English operatic soprano
DS/UK/346Beecham; Sir; Thomas (29 April 1879-8 March 1961); 2nd Barronet of Ewanville, CH; English conductor and impresario
DS/UK/2737Pitt; Percy (1870-1932); English organist, conductor
DS/UK/227Goossens; Sir; Eugene Aynsley (1893-1962); English conductor and composer
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