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Performance TitleGrand Opera Gala
Performance Date7 May 1990
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19.30
Main PerformersDancers from London City Ballet

Lesley Garrett,
Wendy Verco,
Anthony Mee,
Alan Opie - vocals
Orchestra or BandNational Symphony Orchestra,
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Scots and Irish Guards
ChoirsPro Musica Chorus,
Alexandra Choir
ConductorsAndrew Greenwood
Set ListOverture, 'William Tell', Rossini (National Symphony Orchestra),
Chorus: 'Va, Pensiero' from Nabucco, Verdi (Pro Musica Chorus, Alexandra Choir, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Flower Duet' from Lakme, Delibes (Lesley Garrett, Wendy Verco, National Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'Largo al Factotum' from Barber of Seville, Rossini (Alan Opie, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Wedding Chorus' from Lohengrin, Wagner (Pro Musica Chorus, Alexandra Choir, National Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'La Donna e Mobile', from Rigoletto, Verdi (Anthony Mee, National Symphony Orchestra),
Meditation from 'Thais', Massenet (National Symphony Orchestra),
Excerpts from Carmen, Bizet (Wendy Verco, Pro Musica Chorus, Alexandra Choir, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Toreador's Song and Chorus' (Alan Opie, Pro Musica Chorus, Alexandra Choir, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Quartet' from Rigoletto, Verdi (Lesley Garrett, Wendy Verco, Anthony Mee, Alan Opie, Pro Musica Chorus, Alexandra Choir, National Symphony Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'Grand Chorus' from Aida, Verdi (Pro Musica Chorus, Alexandra Choir, National Symphony Orchestra),
Duet: 'Au Fond du Temple Saint' from The Pearl Fishers, Bizet (Anthony Mee, Alan Opie, National Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'O Mio Babbino Caro' (Gianni Schicchi), Puccini (Lesley Garrett, National Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'Una Furtiva Lagrima' from L'Elisir d'amore, Donizetti (Anthony Mee, National Symphony Orchestra),
'The Ride of the Valkyries' from Die Walkure, Wagner (National Symphony Orchestra),
'Anvil Chorus' from Il Trovatore, Verdi (Pro Musica Chorus, Alexandra Choir, National Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'Vesti la Giubba' from I Pagliacci, Leoncavallo (Anthony Mee, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Polovtsian Dances' from Prince Igor), Borodin (Pro Musica Chorus, Alexandra Choir, National Symphony Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1990/51)
Ticket Prices£7.00-£20.00
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1990/51Grand Opera Gala7, 13 May 1990
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Orosootieg_LoinGrand Opera Gala2
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7144Wilson; Rolf (fl 1980s-); English violinist
DS/UK/1076Garrett; Lesley (10 April 1955); CBE; English soprano singer, musician and broadcaster
DS/UK/10359Opie; Alan (1945-); OBE; English baritone
DS/UK/16970Verco; Wendy (fl 1990s); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/16971Mee; Anthony (fl 1990s-); English tenor
DS/UK/1479National Symphony Orchestra (NSO); 1940s-; British orchestra
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/529Greenwood; Andrew (fl 1977-); English conductor
DS/UK/18621London Ballet Company; fl 1990s-; English ballet company
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