... AT COVENT GARDEN XHE first night of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Royal Opera House was a great social and cultural occasion, witnessed by the Prime Minister and leading stage and ballet figures Sir Laurence and Lady Olivier were there to applaud the Russian ...

... At Covent Garden The Queen and the President of Portugal are Central Figures in the Brilliant Scene in the Auditorium at the Gala Opera Performance THE SPLENDOUR OF THE ROYAL BOX The Queen and the President of Portugal are in the centre. To the left is ...

... IUBLE BILL AT COVENT GARDEN Sprograntme at the Royal Opera House, Pagliacci and halleria Rusticana, was first seen at Covent Garden ifetmber 16. It was the first time the two short operas isjh composers had been produced in the history of |xnt company ...

... COVENT GARDEN TO VIENNA Professor Rafael Kubelik, who became Musical Direc tor at the Royal Opera House this year, has been given special leave to con duct several performances of Aida, at the Vienna State Opera, flying frequently between that city and ...

... Otello at Covent Garden The New Production of Verdi's Opera at the Royal Opera House Marks the Debut of Covent Garden's New Musical Director OTELLO AND DESDEMONA Ramon Vinay and Gre Brouwenstijn in Verdi's Otello, which opened the new autumn season ...

... SWEDES AT COVENT GARDEN The Royal 0\A ,se gives a party for the Stockholm Royal Opera to launch their two week season, opening with Alcina Sir Davit Webster, director of the lloyal Opera House; stood on a staircase to address the guests PHOTOS ALAN VINE ...

... ILLUMINATIONS AT COVENT GARDEN THE New York City Ballet conclude their highly successful season at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on Saturday, having already extended it by an extra week. During this final week the repertoire includes Frederick Ashton's ...

... SALOME AT COVENT GARDEN STRAUSS'S OPERA IN LONDON: Centre is Herod (Helmut Melchert) and on the right Salome (Inge Borkh) in the production of Richard Strauss's Salome at the Royal Opera House in London. It is being sung in the German, which Strauss ...

... FIDELIO at Covent Garden The most eagerly awaited event of the opera season at the Royal Opera House was the return to the orchestra pit of Dr. Otto Klemperer, the maestro of Beethoven conductors. All the performances of Fidelio he is conducting with ...

... ROYAL (JALA AT COVENT GARDEN THE ROYAL BALLET gave a gala performance attended by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret at Covent Garden in aid of the Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund. Among those present: (left) Dr. John Cox and his sister, Miss Helen Cox ...

... NEW BACK-CLOTH FOR COVENT GARDEN The long package containing the Royal Opera House's new cyclorama is manoeuvred with the help of two cranes on its arrival at Covent Garden. It was necessary to remove a lamp-post in order to get the long roll of canvas ...

... THE SEASON OPENS AT COVENT GARDEN TURANDOT, the last great hot- house chrysanthemum of melody from the dying Puccini, was the first opera to be performed at Covent Garden this season. It is a barbaric tale of ancient China, a sadistic Oriental version ...