Record

Performance TitleGrand Opera Gala
Performance Date1 March 1992
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19.30
Main PerformersCarol Smith,
Susan Kessler,
Philip Creasy,
Alan Opie - vocals
Orchestra or BandNational Symphony Orchestra,
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Engineers
ChoirsMalcolm Sargent Festival Choir
ConductorsDavid Coleman
Set List'Overture' from The Thieving Magpie, Rossini (National Symphony Orchestra),
'Pilgrims' Chorus' from Tannhauser, Wagner (Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir, National Symphony Orchestra),
Duet: 'Au Fond du Temple Saint' from The Pearl Fishers, Bizet (Philip Creasy, Alan Opie, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Seguidilla' from Carmen, Bizet (Susan Kessler, Philip Creasy, National Symphony Orchestra),
Chorus: 'Va, Pensiero' from Nabucco, Verdi (Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Flower Duet' from Lakme, Delibes (Carol Smith, Susan Kessler, National Symphony Orchestra),
Cavatina: 'Avant de Quitter Ces Lieux' from Faust, Gounod (Alan Opie, National Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'O Silver Moon' from Rusalka, Dvorak (Carol Smith, National Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'Nessun Dorma' from Turandot, Puccini (Philip Creasy, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Finale Act II' from Nabucco, Verdi (Carol Smith, Susan Kessler, Philip Creasy, Alan Opie, (National Symphony Orchestra
INTERVAL
'Grand March' and 'Ballet' from Aida, Verdi (Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Brindisi' from La Traviata, Verdi (Carol Smith, Philip Creasy, Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir, National Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'Di Provenza il Mar' from La Traviata, Verdi (Alan Opie, National Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'O Mio Babbino Caro' from Gianni Schicchi, Puccini (Carol Smith, National Symphony Orchestra),
Duet, 'Dunque io Son' from The Barber of Seville, Rossini (Susan Kessler, Alan Opie, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Intermezzo' from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni (National Symphony Orchestra)
Aria: 'Softly Awakes My Heart' from Samson and Delilah, Saint-Saens (Susan Kessler, National Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'La Donna e Mobile' from Rigoletto, Verdi (Philip Creasy, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Quartet' from Rigoletto, Verdi (Carol Smith, Susan Kessler, Philip Creasy, Alan Opie, National Symphony Orchestra),
'Polovtsian Dances' from Prince Igor, Borodin (Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir, National Symphony Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1992/11)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1992/11Grand Opera Gala1 March 1992
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Owloxosyf_Z_XGrand Opera Gala1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/16764Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir; 1985-; English choir
DS/UK/18655Creasy; Philip (fl 1990s); English tenor
DS/UK/10359Opie; Alan (1945-); OBE; English baritone
DS/UK/12269Kessler; Susan (fl 1980s); Australian mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/18168Smith; Carol (fl 1990s-); English soprano
DS/UK/1479National Symphony Orchestra (NSO); 1940s-; British orchestra
DS/UK/17367Coleman; David (fl 1990s-); British conductor, composer
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