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ROYAL OPERA HOUSE,
COVENT GARDEN: 2000 on
2000-01 Season
No programmes available
2001-02 Season
2002 (11+13 Jul): BERNARD HAITINCK'S FAREWELL PERFORMANCES (ROH, CvtGdn)
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Act II, DON CARLO Act IV Scene 1, DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBURG Prelude, Quintet and Act III Scene 2
Felicity Lott, Sally Matthews, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Alice Coote, Thomas Allen, Jeremy White, Della Jones, Gwynne Howell, Robin Leggate, Robert Lloyd, Kurt Rydl, Peter Wedd, Nancy Gustafson, Nadja Michael, Anthony Michaels-Moore, John Tomlinson, Ben Heppner, Toby Spence, Alasdair Elliott, Richard Lloyd-Morgan, John Dobson, Mark Richardson, Graeme Broadbent; c:Bernard Haitinck, dir:Johannes Schaaf, Daniel Dooner, Luchino Visconti, Justin Way, Graham Vick, Jeremy Sutcliffe [c92pp, 7.3x9.75; very substantial red soft-back book; synopses, 35 pages of illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £5
2002-03 Season
No programmes available
2003-04 Season
No programmes available
2004-05 Season
2005 (Feb-Mch): DIE ZAUBERFLOTE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Will Hartmann (as Tamino), Gillian Webster / Victoria Nava, Clarissa Meek, Yvonne Howard, Simon Keenlyside (as Papageno), Anna-Kristiina Kaappola / Diana Damrau (as Queen of the Night), John Graham-Hall / Adrian Thompson, Rebecca Evans (as Pamina), John Hewitt-Jones / Robert Grisbrook, David Stark / Andrew Bullmore, Zico Shaker / Jamie Manton, Kyle Ketelsen, Jan-Hendrick Rootering (as Sarastro), Robert Murray, Matthew Rose, Gail Pearson, Alan Oke, Graeme Danby / Graeme Broadbent; c:Charles Mackerras, dir:David McVicar, Lee Blakeley [c92pp, 7.3x9.75; very substantial red booklet, w.cast list insert; synopsis, very extensive illustrated articles, photos, biographies etc.; no cast insert; minor marks, else VG] £2
2005 (17 July): YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAMME SUMMER CONCERT (ROH, CvtGdn)
Victoria Nava, James Edwards, Andrew Kennedy, Robert Murray, Ha Young Lee, Liora Grodnikaite, Jared Holt, Matthew Rose, Katie Van Kooten; c:Graeme Jenkins, Rory Macdonald, staging:Andre Heller-Lopes [20pp, 7.3x9.75; programme of items, cast lists, synopses, photos and biographies; very minor jottings, else VG] £3
2005-06 Season
2005 (Sep-Oct): MASKERADE (ROH, CvtGdn) in English
Michael Schade, Emma Bell, Brindley Sherratt, Kyle Ketelsen, Kari Hamnoy, Adrian Thompson, Robin Leggate, Martin Winkler/Mark Richardson; c:Michael Schonwandt [c92pp, 7.3x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, photos (including colour production pics), biographies; w.cast list insert] £4
2006 (7 Mch): WOZZECK (ROH, CvtGdn)
Johan Reuter, Susan Bullock, Kurt Rydl, Jorma Silvasti, Graham Clark, Claire Powell, Francis Egerton; c:Daniel Harding [c92pp, 7.3x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, photos (many in colour, including rehearsal pics), biographies; w.cast list insert] £4
2006 (Apr): IL RE PASTORE - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH, CvtGdn)
Katie Van Kooten, Ana James, Peter Bronder, Robert Murray, Anna Leese; c:Edward Gardner, dir:John Lloyd Davies [28pp, 7.5x7.5; cast list, synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, biographies with photos; VG] £4
2006 (May-Jun): DUKE BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE and ERWARTUNG (ROH, CvtGdn)
Albert Dohmen, Petra Lang/Christine Rice, Angela Denoke; c:Kirill Petrenko [c92pp, 7.3x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, photos, biographies; w.press release cast insert] £4
2006-07 Season
2006 (Nov-Dec): THE QUEEN OF SPADES (ROH, CvtGdn)
Vladimir Galouzine, Mlada Khudoley, Gerald Finley/William Dazeley, Larissa Diadkova, Enkelejda Shkosa, Vassily Gerello; c:Semyon Bychov [c92pp, 7.3x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, photos (including colour production pics), biographies; w.press release cast insert] £4
2007 (Mch): CONSTANTINOPLE - Christos Hatzis (Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH, CvtGdn)
Maryem Hassan Tollar, Patricia O'Callaghan, Gryphon Trio, dir:Marie-Josee Chartier [10pp, 5.75x10.5; cast and credits, production photos, illustrations, extensive programme notes, biographies, texts etc.; VG] £2
2007-08 Season
No programmes available.
2008-09 Season
2008-09 (Dec-Jan): THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD - Paul Englishby, Sarah Woods (Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH, CvtGdn)
Valentina Golfieri, Charlotte Broom, Christopher Marney, Christopher Colquhoun, Stephen Sheriff, Matthew Hart, Saju, Laura Caldow; musical director:Jeremy Holland-Smith, dir:Will Tuckett [10pp, 5.9x10.5; creative team, cast list, musicians, illustrations, programme note, synopsis, biographies, production credits etc.; VG] £2
2009 (Jan): THE BEGGAR'S OPERA - Benjamin Britten (Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH, CvtGdn)
Jeremy White, Robert Anthony Gardiner, Susan Bickley, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle, Donald Maxwell, Sarah Fox, Frances McCafferty; City of London Sinfonia c:Christian Curnyn, dir:Justin Way [24pp, 6.6x9.25; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; smart programme; VG] £4
2009-10 Season
2010 (19 May): LA TRAVIATA - Giuseppe Verdi (ROH, CvtGdn)
Ermonela Jaho (as Violetta Valery), Kai Ruutel, Changhan Lim, Eddie Wade, Robert Lloyd, Robert Anthony Gardiner, Saimir Pirgu (as Alfredo Germont), Sarah Pring, Neil Gillespie, Dmitri Hvorostovsky (as Giorgio Germont), Charbel Mattar, Jonathan Coad; c:Yves Abel, dir:Richard Eyre [c90pp, 7.4x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, many photos (including 8 colour production photos), biographies w.photos, credits etc.; w.cast list insert, and two tickets (19 May 2010); VG] £4
2010-11 Season
2011 (21 Feb): ANNA NICOLE - Mark Anthony-Turnage (ROH, CvtGdn)
Eva-Maria Westbroek (as Anna Nicole), Wynne Evans, Damian Thantrey, Susan Bickley, Jeremy White, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Lore Lixenberg, Grant Doyle, Gerald Finley, Yvonne Barclay, Katy Batho, Amanda Floyd, Amy Catt, Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, Dominic Peckham, Allison Cook, Kiera Lyness, Marianne Cotterill, Louise Armit, Andrea Hazell, Andrew Rees, Alan Oke, Charlie Jerman, Dominic Rowntree, Zhengzhong Zhou, Peter Hoare; c:Antonio Pappano, dir:Richard Jones [c90pp, 7.4x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, very extensive fascinating illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; w.cast list insert, and ticket (21 Feb); VG] £4
2011-12 Season
No programmes available
2012-13 Season
2012 (4 Dec): L'ELISIR D'AMORE (ROH, CvtGdn)
Susana Gaspar, Aleksandra Kurzak (as Adina), Roberto Alagna (as Nemorino), Fabio Capitanucci, Ambrogio Maestri; c:Bruno Campanella, dir:Laurent Pelly [c90pp, 7.4x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, photos (including 8 colour production photos), biographies w.photos; w.cast list insert, and ticket (4 Dec 2012); VG] £4
2013 (4 Mch): TOSCA (ROH, CvtGdn)
Michel De Souza, Jeremy White, Massimo Giordano (as Cavaradossi), Amanda Echalaz (as Tosca), Michael Volle (as Scarpia), Hubert Francis, Jihoon Kim, Filippo Turkheimer, John Morrissey; c:Maurizio Benini, dir:Jonathan Kent [c90pp, 7.4x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, photos (including 9 colour production photos), biographies; w.cast list insert, and ticket (4 Mch 2013); VG] £4
2013-14 Season
2014 (6 Mch): LA FILLE DU REGIMENT (ROH, CvtGdn)
Patrizia Ciofi (as Marie), Juan Diego Florez (as Tonio), Ewa Podles (as La Marquise de Berkenfeld), Pietro Spagnoli (as Sulpice Pingot), Donald Maxwell, Bryan Secombe, Luke Price, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Kiri Te Kanawa (as La Duchesse de Crackentorp); c:Yves Abel, dir:Laurent Pelly [c98pp, 7.3x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, photos (including 14 colour production photos), biographies; w.8pp cast list insert (w.12 production photos of Kiri Te Kanawa, whose birthday was on this day] £4
2014-15 Season
2015 (6 May): KROL ROGER - Karol Szymanowski (ROH, CvtGdn)
Alan Ewing, Agnes Zwierko, Mariusz Kwiecien, Kim Begley, Georgia Jarman, Saimir Pirgu; c:Antonio Pappano, dir:Kasper Holten [c100pp, 7.3x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, photos (including 16 colour rehearsal photos), biographies; w.4pp cast list insert; VG] £4
2015 (2 Jul): GUILLAUME TELL - Gioachino Rossini (ROH, CvtGdn)
Enea Scala (for Mikeldi Atxalandabaso), Gerald Finley, Enkelejda Shkosa, Sofia Fomina, John Osborn, Eric Halfvarson, Samuel Dale Johnson, Michael Colvin, Michael Lessiter, Malin Bystrom, Alexander Vinogradov, Nicolas Courjal; c:Antonio Pappano, dir:Damiano Michieletto [c100pp, 7.3x9.75; very substantial red booklet; synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, photos (including 18 colour rehearsal photos), biographies; w.8pp cast list insert and cast-change slip; VG] £4
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