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... stalwart of Sadler's Wells Opera. But he came into greatest prominence when he was selected by Stravinsky to record Tom Rakewell in the opera The Rake's Progress. He had previously sung the role in a BBC broadcast, and later sang it at Sadler's Wells and with ...
... Edith Evans, 1939), Gielguds Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice. The com pany also worked in ballet and opera, notably at Sadler's Wells. After the war, Harris was at Stratford with Glen Byam Shaw, and in the fifties she designed for the English National ...
... impressive pub signs throughout the country. For some years, he was head scenic painter at the Old Vic Theatre and later Sadler's Wells. One of his outstanding achievements were the fire curtains at the Theatre Royal, Northampton and the Ashcroft Theatre ...
... Madama Butterfly, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel and Adele in Die Fledermaus. She sang with the Carl Rosa Opera Company and Sadler's Wells Touring Company. One of her favourite roles was Sombra in The Arcadians with the late George Lacy. She followed this by ...
... Me, Kate at both the Old Vic and the Savoy, and a subsequent long tour, and Pickwick with Harry Secombe at Chichester, Sadler's Wells and on the tour. He also appeared frequently on television and radio. In the THE STAGE, FEBRUARY 24, 20' former he was ...
... dancer. An operation in 1942 removed Brae from the scene for a few years, but she returned in 1946 to lead the smaller Sadler's Wells Company, set up when the main company was established at the Royal Opera House. Despite her success in both old and new ...
... as Principal Boy. In a somewhat different field, Stuart also choreographed Gian Carlo Menotti's opera, The Consul, at Sadler's Wells in 1954. He was still performing into the sixties, and played Pepe, one of the speciality dancers, in a 1960 UK tour of ...
... The Merry Widow on television. In 1970, she joined Sadler's Wells Opera and achieved a personal triumph as Lilli Vanessi/Katherine in Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate. She was a principal at Sadler's Wells/English National Opera for nine years, turning from ...
... Adele in Die Fledermaus for the Carl Rosa Opera, Mimi in La Boheme at Covent Garden and CioCio San in Madama Butterfly at Sadler's Wells, as well as many other roles. She married Stanford Robjnson, conductor of the BBC Opera and Concert Orchestras and founder ...