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This production only had its gala performance on march at the london coliseummarriage of figaro, eno london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for spring seasonthe english national opera london coliseum orchestra was conducted by kevin john edusei, and the singing was by jonathan mccullough as count almaviva, bozidar smiljanic as figaro, the count's servant, elizabeth watts as countess almaviva, louise alder as susanna, her servant, hanna hipp as cheribino, the count's page, andrew shore as drhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operapostage extra or collection in person freethe singing performances were some of the best that eno has had this seasonbartolo, susan bickley as macellina, drbartolo's old housemaid, colin judson as don basilio, a music teacher, and don curzio, a lawyer, clive bayley as antonio, the gardener and susanna's uncle and rowan pierce as barbarina, antonio's daughter, which was sung in english
3 €
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Rigoletto welsh national opera programme autumn seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production which went on tour, and the music and history of this leading verdi operathe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by alexander joel was excellent, along with the singing with david junghoon kim as the duke, mark s doss as rigoletto, paula greenwood as countess ceprano, alistair moore as marullo, martin lloyd as count ceprano, james platt as sparafucile, and marina monzo and haagee lee as gildathe finale death scene was also spell binding after rigoletto discovered the trick with his daughter gildathe costumes were s with interesting evening 60's evening wear for the opening party scene with mafia overtonesan interesting rendition in rigoletto's house of la donna e mobilenone of this related to the actual text of the opera, but as it was opera, it didn't really matterthe production was set in the white house of john f kennedy and there were pastiches of the oval office and a backdrop of the capital building
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Carmen welsh national opera programme autumn seasona more interesting set than the recent set at the royal opera house which consisted of a series of boring stepshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production which went on tour, and the music and history of the bizet operathe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by tomas hanus was excellent, along with the singing with virginie verrez as carmen, ross ramgobin as morales, anita watson as micaela, dimitri pittas as done jose, henry waddington as zuniga and angela simkiin as mercedesthe military uniforms seemed to be of the spanish civil war periodthe set backdrop consisted of light brown and chocolate tones to a grid like factory setting for the chocolate factory, with metal cages in the front to differentiate the seperate parts of the set, which gave the appearance of a spanish cemeterythe costumes were bland, with carmen dressed as a backpacker which may not have been to everyone's tastethe set remained the same throughout the whole performancepostage extra or collect in person free
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The cunning little vixen welsh national opera programme autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by tomas hanus was excellent, along with the singing with aoife miskelly as the vixen, and claudio otelli as the foresterhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production which also went on tour, and the music and history of the operathe set consisted of green rolling small hills covered in various drapes, and gave the appearance of being wombles and magic roundabout in appearancethe animals were delightful and some of the caste were on strings from the stagepostage extra or collect in person free
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Cunning little vixen welsh national opera programme autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the welsh national opera orchestra conducted by tomas hanus was excellent, along with the singing with aoife miskelly as the vixen, and claudio otelli as the foresterhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production which also went on tour, and the music and history of the operathe set consisted of green rolling small hills covered in various drapes, and gave the appearance of being wombles and magic roundabout in appearancethe animals were delightful and some of the caste were on strings from the stagepostage extra or collect in person free
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Job lot eight rare original s english national opera live production programmesa must for any opera fanfrom performances of marriage of figaro , magic flute , manion , merry widow , simon boccanegra , bartered bride , the pearl fishers and contes d'hoffmann rehearsal sheetlots of photos and biography, including some extremely big names nowpaypal and non-online payment methods accepted - buyer covers fees if using the formergood condition and completetracked/insured p&p = £3very hard to find these days
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Pdf copy of welsh national opera autumn programme, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe costumes were also very rich and exuberant, especially la traviata, set in the 's and the 18th century costumes for la cenerentolaall performances received excellent reviews both for the singing, orchestral playing and the sets which were extremely colourfulhas photos and relevant informed articles about the productions of war and peace by prokofiev, la traviata by verdi, and la cenerentola by rossiniwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Salome english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera london coliseum orchestra conducted by martyn brabbins was excellent, along with allison cook as salome who was making her english national opera london coliseum debuthas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathe sets were minimalist, but effective in this symbolist interpretation of this one act opera by richard strauss, full of dream like music with influences of siegried and possibly in the dance of the seven veils and other orchestral interludes, sampson and delilah and pelleas and melisande, written at around the same time by debussythis performance received mixed reviews and there was criticism of the sets in particularthe singing was sung in english translation
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Lucia di lammermoor english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, including the glasses, along with the singing with sarah tynan as lucia, lester lynch as the laird of lammermoor, and eleazar rodriguez as edgardo, which was sung in english translationthe sets were excellent and had early victorian period style rooms, and the opera was set in the early 19th century
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The merry widow english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera london coliseum orchestra was excellent, along with the singing with sarah tynan as the merry wido, following on from her appearance as lucia in lucia di lammermoor, andrew shaw as the baron zeta, and others, the musical parts which were sung in english translationthe sets were excellent andn colourfull, and had early 20th century period style rooms, and the costumes were in period fashionthe dialogue was updated for a modern audience with the english lyrics richard thomas and the english book by april de angelis, with some relevant issues to today's political situationhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of franz lehar's famous operettathe best scene was during the famous walz when was lowered down the stage on a crescent moon
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Merry widow english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera london coliseum orchestra was excellent, along with the singing with sarah tynan as the merry wido, following on from her appearance as lucia in lucia di lammermoor, andrew shaw as the baron zeta, and others, the musical parts which were sung in english translationthe sets were excellent andn colourfull, and had early 20th century period style rooms, and the costumes were in period fashionthe dialogue was updated for a modern audience with the english lyrics richard thomas and the english book by april de angelis, with some relevant issues to today's political situationhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of franz lehar's famous operettathe best scene was during the famous walz when was lowered down the stage on a crescent moon
3 €
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La boheme, english national opera, london coliseum current production programme, elegant and stylish glossy programme for seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, along with the singing, with nicholas lester as marcello, jonathan tetelman as rodolfo, and natalya romaniw as mime, which was sung in english translationpostage extra but can be collected in persona different spin on the roh one earlier this yearthis performance received some good reviews and had imaginative sets, set in early 's parisinteresting garrett and paris cafe scene
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Madam butterfly, english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for winter and spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, conducted by martyb brabbins, along with the singing with natalya romaniw as cio-ciohas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this puccini operathe lighting was also dramatic with a variety of coloursthe set itself was minimalistic and mostly dark, with a rear cinamascope style screen, but there were fabulous colours throughout the performance, and the scene turned from carmen red to pink, yellow and light blue, amongst others at various parts of the performancethe various rooms were created by panels, again different from the ellen kent production water gardenpostage extra or collection in person freepinkerton, katie stevens as kate pinkerton, roderick williams as us consol, njabula madiala as prince yamadori, keel watson as the bronze, paul napier-burrows as the imperial commissioner and others, including the blind puppet theatre and the boy, madam butterly's son with puppeteers mark downs and nick barnesthe stage floor was also a shiny reflective paved surface, and this also reflected the various colours throughout the performancethe japanese traditional costumes were extremely colourful throughout with extremely rich fabrics being used, including the formal sokutai robes and kanmuri headgear was particularly effective, particularly the curls on the top, especially for prince yamadori, the bonze, and the imperial commissionersan (madam butterfly), stepanie windsor-lloyd as suzuki, dimitri pittas as lt
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Luisa miller, english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for winter seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this verdi operathe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, conducted by alexander joel, along with the singing with elizabeth llewellyn as luisa, olafur sigurdarson as miller, david junghoon kim as rodulfo, james cresswell as count walter, soloman howard as wurm, christine rice as federica a duchessthis production has attracted controversy and criticismthere were slight geometrical patterns in hard edged stylethere were also children making writings in paint on either side of the stage, and also in the end death scene paint dripping down card backdropsdifferent from his stirling tuxedo role in wno's recent production of rigolletto, a more successful role for himthe set was minimalistic white and throughout it seemed that we were in a gigantic freezerpostage extra or collection in person freethe back of the scene moved forwards and backwards at times, with an octagonal style entrance in the middlethe costumes were varied, with wurm in dark black with comical costumes for others, and rodulfo appeared in tuxedo for the final scenethere was interesting use of the eno chorusthere was also use of black stip like caging for parts of the stage in the second part
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Orphee english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was good, conducted by geoffrey patterson, along with the singing with nicholas lester as orphee, sarah tynan as eurydice, and the other performers, which was sung in english translationalso interesting walking on and off in silhouette by the performers and use of numbers and texts on the setquite daliesque in part, in keeping with the surrealist interpretation of the storyalso an interesting shooting episode in the performancethis production had interesting use of photo montage, and the performers wore 's costumesfor a contemporary production, this was like with the mask of orpheus, much more effective than the earlier two orpheus performances of orpheus & eurydice and orpheus in the underworld, both of which received extremely mixed reviewshas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this philip glass opera, based on the film by jean cocteaupostage extra or collect in person free
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Pdf copy of la boheme, english national opera, london coliseum current production programme, elegant and stylish glossy programme for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, along with the singing, with nicholas lester as marcello, jonathan tetelman as rodolfo, and natalya romaniw as mime, which was sung in english translationhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the operathe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etca different spin on the roh one earlier this yearthis performance received some good reviews and had imaginative sets, set in early 's parisinteresting garrett and paris cafe scenewill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Madam butterfly, pdf copy of english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for winter and spring seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, conducted by martyb brabbins, along with the singing with natalya romaniw as cio-ciohas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this puccini operathe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe lighting was also dramatic with a variety of coloursthe set itself was minimalistic and mostly dark, with a rear cinamascope style screen, but there were fabulous colours throughout the performance, and the scene turned from carmen red to pink, yellow and light blue, amongst others at various parts of the performancethe various rooms were created by panels, again different from the ellen kent production water gardenpostage extra or collection in person freepinkerton, katie stevens as kate pinkerton, roderick williams as us consol, njabula madiala as prince yamadori, keel watson as the bronze, paul napier-burrows as the imperial commissioner and others, including the blind puppet theatre and the boy, madam butterly's son with puppeteers mark downs and nick barnesthe stage floor was also a shiny reflective paved surface, and this also reflected the various colours throughout the performancethe japanese traditional costumes were extremely colourful throughout with extremely rich fabrics being used, including the formal sokutai robes and kanmuri headgear was particularly effective, particularly the curls on the top, especially for prince yamadori, the bonze, and the imperial commissionersan (madam butterfly), stepanie windsor-lloyd as suzuki, dimitri pittas as ltwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Orphee pdf copy of english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was good, conducted by geoffrey patterson, along with the singing with nicholas lester as orphee, sarah tynan as eurydice, and the other performers, which was sung in english translationthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colouralso interesting walking on and off in silhouette by the performers and use of numbers and texts on the setquite daliesque in part, in keeping with the surrealist interpretation of the storyalso an interesting shooting episode in the performancethis production had interesting use of photo montage, and the performers wore 's costumeswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedfor a contemporary production, this was like with the mask of orpheus, much more effective than the earlier two orpheus performances of orpheus & eurydice and orpheus in the underworld, both of which received extremely mixed reviewshas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this philip glass opera, based on the film by jean cocteaupostage extra or collect in person free
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Marriage of figaro english national opera eno london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathe orchestral playing by the london coliseum orchestra was excellent, along with the singing, which was sung in english translationthe performance commenced with a bee buzzing around a clavichordpostage extra but can be collected in personthis performance received some good reviews but there was criticism of some aspects of the sets
4 €
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La traviata english national opera eno london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathe orchestral playing by the london coliseum orchestra was excellent, although alfredo came in for strong criticism as being wrongly castpostage extra but can be collected in personthis performance received mixed reviews and there was criticism of the sets in particular, the opening set for act ithe singing was sung in english translation
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The orchestral playing by the english national opera london coliseum orchestra was excellent, along with the singing, which was sung in english translationmarriage of figaro eno london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for spring seasonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathe performance commenced with a bee buzzing around a clavichordthis performance received some good reviews but there was criticism of some aspects of the sets
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Pdf copy of the mask of orpheus english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe whole opera is portrayed relating to memory and different interpretations of the same series of eventshas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this contemporary birtwistle operathe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcfor a contemporary production, this was much more effective than the earlier two orpheus performances of orpheus & eurydice and orpheus in the underworld, both of which received extremely mixed reviewsthis production has an interesting glass cage japanese style cage, and the costumes are extravagant and extremely colourfulboth the production and the music was a cacophony of colour, photo montage background, fabulous costumes and sound and electronic effectswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe studded skull was aztec in appearance
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The orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellentwar requiem benjamin britten programme london coliseumelegant and stylish programme for war requiem by benjamin britten at the london coliseumthe lighting was excellentpostage extra but can be collected in personthis production had interesting sets and arrangmentshas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the war requiem
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The orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellentwar requiem benjamin britten programme london coliseum autumn seasonelegant and stylish programme for war requiem by benjamin britten at the london coliseumthis production had interesting sets and arrangmentshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the war requiemthe lighting was excellentwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requested
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Petersburg ballet programme, london coliseumthe lighting was excellent the orchestral playing by the english national opera was excellent, along with the dancing, including alexander volchkov, denis rodkin and kimin kim as prince siegfried and irina kolesnikova, yulia stephanova and margarita avdeeva as oddette/odileelegant and stylish glossy programme for st petersburg ballet visit in augusthas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the balletpostage extra but can be collected in personthe sets were theatrical and the palace was given a medieval settingalso has articles on tchaikovsky, st petersburg and the castthis performance received mixed reviews and comparisons with the last roh swan lakehas the russian happy ending with both odette and prince siegried not dying, unlike the more usual tragic endings given in performances in the west
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At the london coliseum, with the english national operawith subtitles in english, german, spanish, french, italian, and portugesefeaturing janet bakeroxfam shop keswick bbc film sung in englishsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A welsh national opera autumn/spring programmex welsh national opera black/red/white programmes advertising simon boccanegra verdi and the magic flute mozart fromhaving a clear out and selling this pile of vintage opera theatre programmes: 4 x red and white welsh national opera company, all priced one shilling2 x sadler’s wells opera one shilling programmes from andmaybe of interest to a collectorlovely for someone i’m sure! great condition for ageand ‘the dancing years’ by ivor novello, priced one shilling from
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The queen of spades royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonin addition, as with alfred hitchock, in this stefan herheim co-production with dutch national opera, tchaikovsky makes an appearance as prince yeletskythe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by antonio pappano, was excellent, along with the singing with aleksandrs antonenko as gherman, alexander kravets as chekalinsky, vladimir stoyanov as tchaikovsky/prince yeletskythe sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last actthis performance received excellent reviewshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this second of tchaikovsky's operas and the most serious in content
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Queen of spades royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonin addition, as with alfred hitchock, in this stefan herheim co-production with dutch national opera, tchaikovsky makes an appearance as prince yeletskythe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by antonio pappano, was excellent, along with the singing with aleksandrs antonenko as gherman, alexander kravets as chekalinsky, vladimir stoyanov as tchaikovsky/prince yeletskythe sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last actthis performance received excellent reviewshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this second of tchaikovsky's operas and the most serious in content
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Current salome eno london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for seasonthe orchestral playing by the eno london coliseum orchestra conducted by martyn brabbins was excellent, along with allison cook as salome who was making her eno london coliseum debuthas photos and relevant informed articles about the production and the music and history of the operathis performance received mixed reviews and there was criticism of the sets in particular the sets were minimalist, but effective in this symbolist interpretation of this one act opera by richard strauss, full of dream like music with influences of siegried and possibly in the dance of the seven veils and other orchestral interludes, sampson and delilah and pelleas and melisande, written at around the same time by debussythe singing was sung in english translation
4 €