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Performance TitleSpecial Sunday Concert - Grand Opera Company
Performance Date9 June 1918
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersJeanne Brola,
Edna Thornton,
Webster Miller,
Robert Radford,
Agnes Nicholls,
Walter Hyde,
Elsa Stralia,
Edith Clegg,
Norman Allin,
Miram Licette,
Frank Mullins,
Sylvia Melis,
Foster Richardson - vocals,
Hamilton Harty,
Spencer Clay,
Thomas Chapman,
Manlio di Veroli - pianoforte
ConductorsSir Thomas Beecham
Set ListQuartet: 'Un Di Se Ben Rammentaomi' form Rigoletto, Verdi (Jeanne Brola, Edna Thornton, Webster Miller, Robert Radford)
Recit and Air: 'She Alone Charmeth My Sadness' (Irene), Gounod (Robert Radford),
'The Bonnie Earl O' Moray', arr. by Graham Peel (Agnes Nicholls),
'The Lark', Horatio Parker (Agnes Nicholls),
Aria: 'O Vision Enrancing' (Esmeralda), Goring Thomas (Walter Hyde),
Recitative ed Aria non mi bell' idol mio: 'Don Giovanno!', Mozart (Elsa Stralia, Manlio di Veroli),
'The Tryst', Sibelius (Edith Clegg),
Air: 'Depuis le Jour' (Louise), Charpentier (Jeanne Brola),
Aria: 'Flower Song' from Carmen, Bizet (Webster Miller),
Aria: 'O Don Fatale' from Don Carlo, Verdi (Edna Thornton),
Two Slavonic Folk Songs: 'Had a Horse', Korbay (Norman Allin),
'Shepherd, See Thy Horse's Foaming Mane', Korbay (Norman Allin),
Air: 'Waltz Song' from Romeo and Juliet, Gounod (Miram Licette),
Aria: 'Vesti la Guibba' from Pagliacci, Leoncavallo (Frank Mullins),
Aria: 'Bell Song' from Lakme) Delibes,
'Les Deux Granadiers', Schumann (Foster Richardson),
Trio: 'Faust', Gounod (Miram Licette, Frank Mullins, Norman Allin)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1918/87/SC)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1918/28Special Sunday Concert - Sir Thomas Beecham Grand Opera Company9 June 1918
RAHE/1/1918/27Clara Butt Concert8 June 1918
RAHE/1/1918/87/SCSpecial Sunday Concerts - Sir Thomas Beecham9 June 1918
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UboriotowxinearSpecial Sunday Concerts (1918)9
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5817Brola; Jeanne (c1871-1956); American soprano
DS/UK/2521Thornton; Edna (1875-1964); English contralto
DS/UK/5423Miller; Webster (fl 1917-1918); Tenor singer
DS/UK/214Radford; Robert (1874-1933); British bass opera singer
DS/UK/1615Nicholls; Agnes (1876-1969); English soprano singer
DS/UK/360Hyde; Walter (1875-1951); English singer, actor
DS/UK/1857Stralia; Elsa (1881-1945); Australian soprano
DS/UK/4976Clegg; Edith (fl 1908-1918); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/1584Allin; Norman (1884-1973); British bass singer
DS/UK/1632Mullins; Frank (fl 1918-1921); British singer
DS/UK/5389Richardson; Foster (fl 1917-1937); British singer
DS/UK/1110Harty; Sir; (Herbert) Hamilton (1879-1941); Irish composer, conductor, pianist, organist
DS/UK/4714Clay; Spencer (fl 1913-1918); British pianist
DS/UK/1595Di Veroli; Manlio (fl 1918-1950); Italian pianist
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