Record

Performance TitleThe Daily Telegraph Christmas Festival 1995 - Christmas Opera Gala
Performance Date21 December 1995
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAmanda Thane,
Claire Powell,
Bonaventura Bottone,
William Dazeley - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Concert Orchestra,
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guard
ChoirsLondon Choral Society
ConductorsJames Lockhart
Set List'Overture' from Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck (BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Toreador's Song' from Carmen, Bizet (William Dazeley, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Habanera' from Carmen, Bizet (Claire Powell, Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Duet' from Pearl Fishers, Bizet (Bonaventura Bottone, William Dazeley, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Soldiers Chorus' from Faust, Gounod (Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Largo al Factotum' from Barber of Seville, Rossini (William Dazeley, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'O Don Fatale' from Don Carlos, Verdi (Claire Powell, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Un Bel Di' from Madama Butterfly, Puccini (Amanda Thane, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Polonaise' from Christmas Eve, Rimsky-Korsakov (BBC Concert Orchestra),
Christmas Eve Scene:
'Che Gelida Manina' from La Boheme, Puccini (Bonaventura Bottone, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Mi Chiamano Mimi' from La Boheme, Puccini (Amanada Thane, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'O Soave Fanciulla' from La Boheme, Puccini (Bonaventura Bottone, Amanda Thane, BBC Concert Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'Grand March' from Aida, Verdi (Royal Choral Society, Fanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Welsh Guards, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Quartet' (Rigoletto, Act III), Verdi (Amanda Thane, Claire Powell, Bonaventura Bottone, William Dazeley, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Anvil Chorus' from Il Trovatore, Verdi (Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Brindisi' from La Traviata, Verdi (Amanda Thane, Bonaventura Bottone, Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Intermezzo' from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni (BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Nessun Dorma' from Turandot, Puccini (Bonaventura Bottone, BBC Concert Orchestra),
'Party Scene' from Die Fledermaus Act II, J.Strauss (Amanda Thane, Claire Powell, Bonaventura Bottone, William Dazeley, Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1995/173),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1995/28)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1995/173The Daily Telegraph Christmas Festival 199516-24 December 1995
RAHE/6/1995/28The Daily Telegraph Christmas Festival16-24 December 1995
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Balaihiex_VomThe Daily Telegraph Christmas Festival 199512
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1151British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Concert Orchestra; 1931-; British orchestra
DS/UK/14326Bottone; Bonaventura (1950-); English operatic tenor
DS/UK/4874The Daily Telegraph; 1855-; British broadsheet newspaper
DS/UK/15404Powell; Claire (1954-); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
DS/UK/3553The London Chorus (London Choral Society); 1903-; English choir
DS/UK/10206Lockhart; James Lawrence (1930-); Scottish conductor, pianist, organist
DS/UK/20234Dazeley; William (1966-); English baritone
DS/UK/20233Thane; Amanda Louise (1953-2012); Australian operatic soprano
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