... 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 TURANDOT On October 22, the Covent Garden Opera Company staged a new production of Puccini's, Turandot. Stephen Williams writes: Since the war the opera world has suffered a good deal from the over-zealous producer who will not leave ...

... COVENT GARDEN On March 14 the Covcnt Garden Opera Trust presented the Sadler's Wells Ballet in a programme consisting of Les Sylphides. Scenes de Ballet. and Mam'zelle Angot. Moira Shearer was the only top- line ballerina in the bill at Covent ...

... COVENT GARDEN ''THE SLEEPING BEAUTY'' On Friday last Margot Fonleyn made a triumphant reappearance as Aurora, unquestionably her finest role, in The Sleeping Beauty. Her first entrance brushed aside any lurking doubts that her recent illness may have ...

... COVENT GARDEN LE LAC DES CYGNES On December 18, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, the Sadler's Wells Ballet presented a gala performance of an entirely new production of Le Lac des Cygnes, the ballet in four ...

... COVENT GARDEN COPPELIA On March 17 the Sadler's Wells Ballet presented their new production of Coppelia with a third change of cast, Svetlana Beriosova appearing as Swanilda, Philip Chatfield as Franz and John Hart as Coppelius. Beriosova's Swanilda ...

... COVENT GARDEN LAC DES CYGNES On March 31, at the matinee performance, the Sadler's Wells Ballet presented Lac des Cygncs, with Violetta Elvin as Odette-Odile. Boih temperamentally and physic- ally. Miss Elvin is well suited to this dual-role, particularly ...

... COVENT GARDEN GISELLE On September 20, VIoletta Elvin appeared in the title-role of Giselle, presented by the Sadler's Wells Ballet. Her rendering of this classic part shows promise of great things to come, but at the moment she seems to be concentrating ...

... COVENT GARDEN Gundula Janowitz THE COMBINATION of Schubert songs, lustrous singing by Gundula Janowitz and impeccable accompanying by Irwin Gage, made February 18's Covent Garden recital an especially enjoyable occasion. German-born Miss Janowitz is known ...

... COVENT GARDEN L'Africaine MEYERBEER'S L'Africaine. revived at Covent Garden for the first time for 90 years on November 16, can now only really be regarded as a curiosity or museum-piece. It has its moments, particularly in impressive ensembles and ...

... COVENT GARDEN L'Elisir d'Amore SIR GERAINT Evans made his farewell to Covent Garden in another delcctably immaculate performance of the glib confidence-trickster, Dulca mara, in L'Elisir d'Amore. It was an outstanding occasion, with the Prince of Wales ...