Glyndebourne Festival Opera: history and repertoire, 1934–51
This is a list of the operas performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera during the music directorship (1934-1951) of Fritz Busch. Operas performed at venues other than Glyndebourne by Glyndebourne forces are also included, as are operas performed at Glyndebourne by other companies.
| Year | Opera[1] | Composer | Principal cast | Conductor | Director | Designer[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | CosiCosì fan tutte | Mozart Mozart | Souez Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), Vincenzo Bettoni (Don Alfonso) | Busch Fritz Busch | Ebert Carl Ebert | Wilson Hamish Wilson/Ann Litherland |
| 1934 | MarriageThe Marriage of Figaro | Mozart Mozart | Domgraf Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay (Susanna), Roy Henderson (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Luise Helletsgruber/Lucie Manén (Cherubino) | Busch Fritz Busch | Ebert Carl Ebert | Wilson Hamish Wilson/Ann Litherland |
| 1935 | Marriage The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart Mozart | Domgraf Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay (Susanna), Roy Henderson (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Luise Helletsgruber (Cherubino) | Busch Fritz Busch/Hans Oppenheim | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1935 | Entfuerung Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Mozart Mozart | Eadie Noel Eadie (Konstanze), Walther Ludwig (Belmonte), Ivar Andrésen (Osmin), Irene Eisinger (Blonde), Heddle Nash (Pedrillo) | Busch Fritz Busch | Ebert Carl Ebert | Wilson Hamish Wilson/Ann Litherland |
| 1935 | Magic FThe Magic Flute | Mozart Mozart | Ludwig Walther Ludwig (Tamino), Aulikki Rautawaara (Pamina), Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Papageno), Ivar Andrésen (Sarastro), Mìla Kočová/Noel Eadie (Queen of the Night) | Busch Fritz Busch | Ebert Carl Ebert | Wilson Hamish Wilson |
| 1935 | CosiCosì fan tutte | Mozart Mozart | Souez Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1936 | Don G Don Giovanni | Mozart Mozart | Brownlee John Brownlee (Don Giovanni), Ina Souez (Donna Anna), Luise Helletsgruber (Donna Elvira), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), Koloman von Pataky (Don Ottavio) | Busch Fritz Busch | Ebert Carl Ebert | Wilson Hamish Wilson/Hein Heckroth |
| 1936 | MarriageThe Marriage of Figaro | Mozart Mozart | Stabile Mariano Stabile (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Luise Helletsgruber (Cherubino) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1936 | EntfuhrungDie Entführung aus dem Serail | Mozart Mozart | Moor Julia Moor (Konstanze), Koloman von Pataky (Belmonte), Salvatore Baccaloni (Osmin), Irma Beilke (Blonde), Heddle Nash (Pedrillo) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1935 production | |
| 1936 | CosiCosì fan tutte | Mozart Mozart | Souez Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Roy Henderson (Guglielmo), Tatiana Menotti (Despina), John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1936 | Magic FThe Magic Flute | Mozart Mozart | Noval Thorkild Noval (Tamino), Aulikki Rautawaara (Pamina), Roy Henderson (Papageno), Alexander Kipnis (Sarastro), Noel Eadie/Julia Moor (Queen of the Night) | Busch Fritz Busch/Hans Oppenheim | ZZZ Revival of 1935 production | |
| 1937 | Don G Don Giovanni | Mozart Mozart | Brownlee John Brownlee (Don Giovanni), Ina Souez (Donna Anna), Luise Helletsgruber (Donna Elvira), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), Dino Borgioli (Don Ottavio) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1936 production | |
| 1937 | EntfuhrungDie Entführung aus dem Serail | Mozart Mozart | Perras Margherita Perras (Konstanze), Eric Starling (Belmonte), Herbert Alsen (Osmin), Irene Eisinger (Blonde), Heddle Nash (Pedrillo) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1935 production | |
| 1937 | CosiCosì fan tutte | Mozart Mozart | Souez Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder/Roy Henderson (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), John Brownlee/Salvatore Baccaloni (Don Alfonso) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1937 | MarriageThe Marriage of Figaro | Mozart Mozart | Domgraf Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Figaro), Irene Eisinger (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Marita Farell (Cherubino) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1937 | Magic FThe Magic Flute | Mozart Mozart | Noval Thorkild Noval (Tamino), Aulikki Rautawaara (Pamina), Roy Henderson (Papageno), Herbert Alsen/David Franklin (Sarastro), Sinäda Lissitschkina (Queen of the Night) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1935 production | |
| 1938 | MacbethMacbeth | Verdi Verdi | Valentino Francesco Valentino (Macbeth), Vera Schwarz (Lady Macbeth), David Lloyd (Macduff) | Busch Fritz Busch | Ebert Carl Ebert | Neher Caspar Neher |
| 1938 | Don GDon Giovanni | Mozart Mozart | Brownlee John Brownlee (Don Giovanni), Ina Souez (Donna Anna), Luise Helletsgruber (Donna Elvira), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), Dino Borgioli (Don Ottavio) | Busch Fritz Busch/Alberto Erede | ZZZ Revival of 1936 production | |
| 1938 | CosiCosì fan tutte | Mozart Mozart | Souez Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Roy Henderson (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1938 | MarriageThe Marriage of Figaro | Mozart Mozart | Stabile Mariano Stabile (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay/Irene Eisinger (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Marita Farell (Cherubino) | Busch Fritz Busch/Alberto Erede | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1938 | Don PDon Pasquale | Donizetti Donizetti | Baccaloni Salvatore Baccaloni (Pasquale), Dino Borgioli (Ernesto), Audrey Mildmay (Norina), Mariano Stabile (Malatesta) | Busch Fritz Busch | Ebert Carl Ebert | Wilson Hamish Wilson/Kenneth Green |
| 1939 | Don GDon Giovanni | Mozart Mozart | Brownlee John Brownlee (Don Giovanni), Ina Souez (Donna Anna), Hella Toros (Donna Elvira), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), David Lloyd/Dino Borgioli (Don Ottavio) | Busch Fritz Busch/Alberto Erede | ZZZ Revival of 1936 production | |
| 1939 | Don PDon Pasquale | Donizetti Donizetti | Baccaloni Salvatore Baccaloni (Pasquale), Luigi Fort (Ernesto), Audrey Mildmay (Norina), Mariano Stabile (Malatesta) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1938 production | |
| 1939 | MacbethMacbeth | Verdi Verdi | Valentino Francesco Valentino (Macbeth), Margherita Grandi (Lady Macbeth), David Lloyd (Macduff) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1938 production | |
| 1939 | CosiCosì fan tutte | Mozart Mozart | Souez Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Risë Stevens (Dorabella), Gino del Signore (Ferrando), Roy Henderson (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1939 | MarriageThe Marriage of Figaro | Mozart Mozart | Stabile Mariano Stabile (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay/Irene Eisinger (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count), Maria Markan (Countess), Risë Stevens (Cherubino) | Busch Fritz Busch/Alberto Erede | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1940 | BeggarThe Beggar's Opera[3] | Pepusch Pepusch | Redgrave Michael Redgrave (Macheath), Audrey Mildmay/Irene Eisinger (Polly), Roy Henderson (Peachum), Constance Willis/Elsie French (Mrs Peachum), Joseph Farrington (Lockit), Linda Gray (Lucy) | Austin Frederic Austin/Anthony Bernard/Michael Mudie | Gielgud John Gielgud | Motley Motley |
| 1941/5 | No Festival - theatre closed during World War II | |||||
| 1946 | RapeThe Rape of Lucretia[4] | Britten Britten | Ferrier Kathleen Ferrier/Nancy Evans (Lucretia), Otakar Kraus/Frank Rogier (Tarquinius), Peter Pears/Aksel Schiøtz (Male Chorus), Joan Cross/Flora Nielson (Female Chorus), Norman Walker/Owen Brannigan (Collatinus), Edmund Donlevy/Frederick Sharp (Junius) | Ansermet Ernest Ansermet/Reginald Goodall/Hans Oppenheim/Benjamin Britten | Crozier Eric Crozier | Piper John Piper |
| 1947 | OrfeoOrfeo ed Euridice | Gluck Gluck | Ferrier Kathleen Ferrier (Orfeo), Ann Ayars (Euridice), Zoë Vlachopoulos | Stiedry Fritz Stiedry | Ebert Carl Ebert | Carl Joseph Carl |
| 1947 | AlbertAlbert Herring[5] | Britten Britten | Pears Peter Pears (Albert), Joan Cross (Lady Billows), Frederick Sharp/Denis Dowling (Sid), Nancy Evans/Catherine Lawson (Nancy), Betsy de la Porte (Mrs Herring) | Britten Benjamin Britten/Ivan Clayton | Ashton Frederick Ashton | Piper John Piper |
| 1947 | MacbethMacbeth[6] | Verdi Verdi | Valentino Francesco Valentino (Macbeth), Margherita Grandi (Lady Macbeth), Walter Midgley (Macduff) | Goldschmidt Berthold Goldschmidt | ZZZ Revival of 1938 production | |
| 1947 | MarriageThe Marriage of Figaro[7] | Mozart Mozart | Tajo Italo Tajo (Figaro), Tatiana Menotti/Ayhan Alnar (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count), Eleanor Steber (Countess), Giulietta Simionato (Cherubino) | Susskind Walter Susskind/Renato Cellini | ZZZ Revival of 1934 production | |
| 1948 | Don GDon Giovanni[7] | Mozart Mozart | Silveri Paolo Silveri (Don Giovanni), Ljuba Welitsch (Donna Anna), Christina Carroll (Donna Elvira), Vito de Taranto (Leporello), Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) | Kubelik Rafael Kubelik | ZZZ Revival of 1936 production | |
| 1948 | CosiCosì fan tutte[7] | Mozart Mozart | Danco Suzanne Danco (Fiordiligi), Eugenia Zareska (Dorabella), Petre Munteanu (Ferrando), Erich Kunz (Guglielmo), Hilde Güden (Despina), Mariano Stabile (Don Alfonso) | Gui Vittorio Gui | Ebert Carl Ebert | Gerard Rolf Gérard |
| 1949 | Ballo Un ballo in maschera [7] | Verdi Verdi | Picchi Mirto Picchi (Riccardo), Ljuba Welitsch/Margherita Grandi (Amelia), Paolo Silveri (Renato), Alda Noni (Oscar), Jean Watson/Amalia Pini (Ulrica) | Gui Vittorio Gui/Hans Oppenheim | Ebert Carl Ebert | Neher Caspar Neher |
| 1949 | CosiCosì fan tutte[7] | Mozart Mozart | Danco Suzanne Danco (Fiordiligi), Sena Jurinac (Dorabella), Petre Munteanu (Ferrando), Marko Rothmüller (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) | Gui Vittorio Gui/Hans Oppenheim | ZZZ Revival of 1948 production | |
| 1950 | EntfuhrungDie Entführung aus dem Serail | Mozart Mozart | Hollweg Ilse Hollweg (Konstanze), Richard Holm (Belmonte), Endre Koréh (Osmin), Alda Noni (Blonde), Murray Dickie (Pedrillo) | Busch Fritz Busch | Ebert Carl Ebert | Gerard Rolf Gérard |
| 1950 | CosiCosì fan tutte | Mozart Mozart | Jurinac Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi), Blanche Thebom (Dorabella), Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Erich Kunz/Geraint Evans (Guglielmo), Alda Noni (Despina), Mario Borriello (Don Alfonso) | Busch Fritz Busch | ZZZ Revival of 1948 production | |
| 1950 | MarriageThe Marriage of Figaro[7] | Mozart Mozart | London George London (Figaro), Elfride Troetschel (Susanna), Marko Rothmüller (Count), Clara Ebers (Countess), Sena Jurinac (Cherubino) | Fricsay Ferenc Fricsay | Ebert Carl Ebert | Gerard Rolf Gérard |
| 1950 | AriadneAriadne auf Naxos[7][8] | Strauss Strauss | Zadek Hilde Zadek (Ariadne), Ilse Hollweg (Zerbinetta), Peter Anders (Bacchus), Douglas Craig (Harlekin) | Beecham Thomas Beecham | Ebert Carl Ebert | Messel Oliver Messel |
| 1951 | IdomeneoIdomeneo | Mozart Mozart | Lewis Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Léopold Simoneau (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Birgit Nilsson (Elettra) | Busch Fritz Busch/John Pritchard | Ebert Carl Ebert | Messel Oliver Messel |
| 1951 | MarriageThe Marriage of Figaro | Mozart Mozart | Pernerstorfer Alois Pernerstorfer (Figaro), Genevieve Warner (Susanna), Alfred Poell (Count), Lisa della Casa (Countess), Dorothy MacNeil (Cherubino) | Busch Fritz Busch/John Pritchard | ZZZ Revival of 1950 production | |
| 1951 | CosiCosì fan tutte | Mozart Mozart | Jurinac Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi), Alice Howland (Dorabella), Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Marko Rothmüller (Guglielmo), Isa Quensel (Despina), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) | Busch Fritz Busch/John Pritchard | ZZZ Revival of 1948 production | |
| 1951 | Don GDon Giovanni | Mozart Mozart | Petri Mario Petri (Don Giovanni), Hilde Zadek (Donna Anna), Suzanne Danco (Donna Elvira), Alois Pernerstorfer (Leporello), Léopold Simoneau (Don Ottavio) | Busch Fritz Busch/John Pritchard | Ebert Carl Ebert | Piper John Piper |
| 1951 | ForzaLa forza del destino[7] | Verdi Verdi | Wegner Walburga Wegner (Leonora), David Poleri (Don Alvaro), Marko Rothmüller (Don Carlo), Bruce Dargavel (Padre Guardiano), Mildred Miller (Preziosilla), Owen Brannigan (Fra Melitone) | Busch Fritz Busch | Ebert Carl Ebert | Hurry Leslie Hurry |
| 1951 | Don GDon Giovanni[7] | Mozart Mozart | Petri Mario Petri (Don Giovanni), Hilde Zadek (Donna Anna), Dorothy MacNeil (Donna Elvira), Alois Pernerstorfer/Owen Brannigan (Leporello), Léopold Simoneau (Don Ottavio) | Busch Fritz Busch/John Pritchard | ZZZ Revival of 1951 Glyndebourne production | |
Sources
- Norwich, John Julius (1985). Fifty Years of Glyndebourne. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-02310-1.
See also
References
- ↑ Titles in Bold are new productions. Opera titles are those used in Wikipedia and not necessarily those used by Glyndebourne.
- ↑ Where two designers are credited, the first-named designed the set and the second designed the costumes
- ↑ This production, arranged from Pepusch and John Gay's original by Frederic Austin, was not performed at Glyndebourne, instead first touring to Brighton, Cardiff, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and then appearing at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket for 126 performances between 16 January and 25 May.
- ↑ This opera was performed at Glyndebourne and on tour by a number of singers from Sadler's Wells Opera Company, many of whom later formed the nucleus of Britten's English Opera Group. The performance on 12 July was the world premiere of the opera.
- ↑ Performed at Glyndebourne by the English Opera Group. The performance on 20 June 1947, was the world premiere of the opera.
- ↑ Performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival.
- ↑ 1912 version, preceded by a performance of Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
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