... COVENT GARDEN THE CENTENARY of Covent Garden's third theatre is being celebrated tonight with a performance of Don Carlos, a splendid production of which any opera house in the world might be proud. Royal fanfares wiH usher-in a belated gala ance ...

... COVENT GARDEN OPERA COMPANY RETURNS The Covent Garden Opera return to London after an eight-week provincial tour to open their summer season at the Royal Opera House, on April 20, with a performance of Peter Grimes. On April 23, Der Freischutz has ...

... COVENT GARDEN CINDRELLA The seasonable Ashton-Prokofieff ballet. Cinderella, is crowding Covent Garden at every perform ance wilh audiences largely com posed of the younger generation. Moira Shearer danced the title-role with the Sadler's Wells Ballet ...

... AT COVENT GARDEN Maria Tallchief and Francisco Moncion in the New York City Ballet's production of Firebird next week ...

... COVENT GARDEN LE LAC OES CYGNES On June 12 the Covent Garden Opera Trust presented the Sadler's Wells Ballet in a revival of the fulllength version of Le Lac des Cygnes, with Beryl Grey as Odeette- Odile and John Field as Siegtried. From the momeni ...

... COVENT GARDEN SYLVIA On September 10, with Sadler's Wells Ballet Company, Violetta Elvin danced the name-idle in Sylvia, Frederick Ashton's ballet with Delibcs's music, partnered by John Field as Aminta, and with John Hart as Orion and Gilbert Vernon ...

... COVENT GARDEN To the Editor of The Stage Sir, I have read the letter from Mr. Harold D. Rosenthal which appeared in a recent issue. In reply I would like to stale that many of the Covent Garden relics in my possession were the property of my own ancestors ...

... COVENT GARDEN From Sir Tom O'Brien To the Editor of THE STAGE Sir, You are to be heartily con gratulated on your excellent editorial on the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden, in your last Thursday's issue. A reprint of your editorial should bo widely ...

... Covent Garden Questions on planning and free lists THE NEED for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to be able to plan its programmes for some years ahead was stressed in Parliament when Jennie Lee, Minister for the Arts, told MPs who raised the matter ...

... COVENT GARDEN NEW OPERA SEASON The Covent Garden Opera Company will open their eighth season since the company's formation in 1947 with performances of two operas from The Ring; on October 19 they will give Die Walküre and on October 22 Siegfried ...

... COVENT GARDEN THE COST ot running the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, indicated by figures published in the seventh annual report of the Arts Council, has caused an outcry which is entirely unjustified. The £150,000 orantcd by the Arts Council is.. ...

... COVENT GARDEN To the Editor of The Stage. Sir, Your article about Covenl Garden is most misleading. Youi statement that British artists now prett> well take all the plums with occasional appearances by foreign artists is quite wrong, particularly as regards ...