... COVENT GARDEN GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR OPERA With the present five-year lease of Covent Garden Opera House due to expire in December of next year, the Ministry of Works, under the Town and Country Planning Act. 1947, have served a preliminary compulsory ...

... COVENT GARDEN CARMEN Stephen Williams writes:--On Tuesday evening the Covent Garden Opera Trust produced Bizet's Carmen. This is a very English production: and I use that adjective with all the praise and all the blame it implies. Blame? No. perhaps ...

... COVENT GARDEN SADLER'S WELLS BALLET On Thursday last the Covent Garden Opera Trust presented the Sadler's Wells Ballet, under the direction of Ninette de Valois, in a revival of the four-act version, with scenery and costumes by Leslie Hurry, choreography ...

... COVENT GARDEN ADAM ZERO On Tuesday evening last the Covent Garden Opera Trust pre sented the Sadler's Wells Ballet in a revival of the ballet by Michael Benthall, with music by Arthur Bliss, scenery and costumes by Roger Furse, and choreography by Robert ...

... COVENT GARDEN, GRAND OPERA SEASON. DER RING. The. Grand Opera Syndicate, Limited, sterving to revive the ancient glories of Grand Opera at Historic Covent Garden, opened a twelve weeks' season of German and Italian opera on Monday, May 5, with the first ...

... COVENT GARDEN IL TROVATORE On Monday last the Covent Garden Opera Trust staged a new production of Verdi's II Trovatore. Stephen Williams writes: Strange to reflect tliat La Tiaviata and II Trovatore were written within a few ironUis of each ...

... AT COVENT GARDEN Victoria Stales as Octavian and Virginia MacWatters as Sophie in Rosenkavalier. ...

... COVENT GARDEN BALLET RUSSE On Saturday afternoon last the Covent Garden Opera Trust presented the Original Ballet Russe. under the direction of Col. W. de Basil, in a programme consisting of: i Protee. Le Coq d'Or, Prince Igor I The present revival ...

... COVENT GARDEN. LE CHANT FATAL, On Wednesday, December 7, 1921, took place the first performance of a lyric tragedy, in one act, music by Georges d'Orlay? libretto by L. II. David (founded on book hy G. d'Orlay,. entitled:-- Le Chant Fatal. The Mother ...

... COVENT GARDEN THE MAGIC FLUTE On Thursday last the Covent Garden Opera Trust staged a new production of Mozart's opera. The Magic Flute. Stephen Williams writes: The true hero of this production is Oliver Messel, whose scenes have a beauty, dignity ...

... COVENT GARDEN. CARL ROSA SEASON. MADAME BUTTERFLY. The Royal Carl Rosa, Company with directors still in Mrs. Carl Rosa and Mr. Alfred Van Noorden, have had changes made in their chief officials since their last visit to Covent Garden, where they opened ...

... COVENT GARDEN SALOME On Monday, the Vienna State Opera presented a revival of Richard Strauss's Salome.' Strauss's attempt to out- Wagner Wagner. for all its lusciousness and orchestral com plexity, seldom rises above the level of artificial cleverness ...