Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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Performance of text E. M. Forster
Billy Budd, Benjamin Britten 's opera based on Herman Melville 's novel, with libretto by EMF and Eric Crozier , opened at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden, London.
Drabble, Margaret, and Jenny Stringer, editors. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press.
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Kirkpatrick, Brownlee Jean. A Bibliography of E. M. Forster. Clarendon.
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Performance of text Anne Burke
A play was put on at Covent Garden entitled The Ward of the Castle and ascribed to Miss Burke. Several sources ascribe this to AB , but she was a married woman, and would...
Performance of text Maria Theresa Kemble
MTK played Lady Elizabeth Freelove (opposite her husband ) in her comic interlude The Day After the Wedding; or, a Wife's First Lesson, at Covent Garden .
Feminist Companion Archive.
Performance of text Hannah Cowley
HC had her first great hit when her comedy The Belle's Stratagem opened at Covent Garden .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
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Performance of text Catherine Gore
CG 's next play, Modern Honour; or, The Sharper in High Life, opened at Covent Garden , only to prove her first unequivocal flop.
Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, pp. 1-34.
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Performance of text Hannah Cowley
Another comedy by HC , The World as it Goes; or, A Party at Montpelier, opened at Covent Garden .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 411
Performance of text Catherine Gore
CG 's next play, King O'Neil; or, The Irish Brigade, opened at Covent Garden : a spectacular comedy-drama.
Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, pp. 1-34.
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Performance of text Hannah Cowley
HC 's comedy Which Is the Man? opened belatedly at Covent Garden .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 496
Performance of text Catherine Gore
CG 's historical drama Don Juan of Austria (adapted from Don Juan D'Autriche by Casimir Delavigne ) began a twelve-night run at Covent Garden .
Parts of this story overlap with Friedrich Schiller 's Don...
Performance of text Charlotte Lennox
CL 's comedy The Sister was disastrously staged at Covent Garden .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
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Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
Performance of text Hannah Cowley
HC scored another comedy hit with A Bold Stroke for a Husband when it opened at Covent Garden .
Her title had been used as a subtitle by Sarah Gardner for her unpublished play The...
Publishing Isabel Hill
Through his connections, Benson Hill had the play presented to Covent Garden Theatre . Though the management chose not to produce the play, they provided IH with a long letter full of encouragement and constructive...
Publishing Mary Russell Mitford
From August 1823 MRM was planning a grand historical tragedy on the greatest subject in English story—Charles and Cromwell.
Mitford, Mary Russell. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself in Letters To Her Friends. Editor L’Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingham, Harper and Brothers.
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She noted Cromwell 's domestic virtues and thought of him as a man acting...
Publishing Hannah Cowley
It was badly presented, by two of the cast in particular.
Escott, Angela. Email about supposed quarrel between Hannah Cowley and Hannah More to Isobel Grundy.
It had been completed by 1777, but rejected by Thomas Harris of Covent Garden , who then produced Hannah More 's Percy instead. Tragedy...
Publishing Emma Robinson
About the time she published her first novel, ER also composed a three-act play entitled Richelieu in Love.
The duc de Richelieu , churchman and statesman,Cardinal and French Prime Minister, had had areputation as...

Timeline

Late 1939-1944: For the duration of the second World War,...

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Late 1939-1944

For the duration of the second World War, Covent Garden was converted into a dance hall; no opera, ballet or theatrical performances took place there.

20 February 1946: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London,...

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20 February 1946

The Royal Opera House , Covent Garden, London, had its grand reopening after wartime closure. Margot Fonteyn performed with the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet in The Sleeping Beauty.

24 April 1946: The Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company,...

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24 April 1946

The Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company, with principal ballerinas Moira Shearer , Margot Fonteyn , and Pamela May , performed Symphonic Variations at Covent Garden .

1949: Richard Strauss's opera Salome, to words...

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1949

Richard Strauss 's opera Salome, to words by Oscar Wilde , was performed at Covent Garden, produced by Peter Brook with sets by Salvador Dali .

26 April 1951: Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams's opera Pilgrim's...

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26 April 1951

Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams 's opera Pilgrim's Progress was first performed, at Covent Garden in London.

8 November 1952: Maria Callas made her London debut at Covent...

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8 November 1952

Maria Callas made her London debut at Covent Garden in Giuseppe Bellini 's opera Norma.

6 February 1953: Singer Kathleen Ferrier collapsed during...

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6 February 1953

Singer Kathleen Ferrier collapsed during Gluck 's opera Orfeo at Covent Garden ; she never sang again, but died of cancer later this year.

3 October 1956: The first Soviet ballet company to visit...

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3 October 1956

The first Soviet ballet company to visit Britain, the Bolshoi , performed Romeo and Juliet at Covent Garden .

1 January 1957: The first three-act ballet score by a British...

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1 January 1957

The first three-act ballet score by a British composer, Benjamin Britten 's The Prince of the Pagodas, was performed at Covent Garden.

10 June 1958: The Centenary Gala of the Royal Opera House...

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10 June 1958

The Centenary Gala of the Royal Opera House took place in celebration of the opening (on 6 April 1847) of the third theatre on the Covent Garden site, the first designed for opera.

27 October 1958: The ballet Ondine, danced by Margot Fonteyn...

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27 October 1958

The ballet Ondine, danced by Margot Fonteyn and choreographed by Frederick Ashton , was performed at Covent Garden.

17 February 1959: Australian soprano Joan Sutherland sang Lucia...

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17 February 1959

Australian soprano Joan Sutherland sang Lucia in the Franco Zeffirelli version of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden.

12 March 1963: Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn danced...

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12 March 1963

Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn danced together for the first time at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden, in Marguerite and Armand by Sir Frederick Ashton .

1988: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, appointed...

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1988

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , appointed its first woman conductor, Sian Edwards .

4 December 1999: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, re-opened...

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4 December 1999

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , re-opened after a three-year reconstruction (begun well before the final performance in the old house in July 1997).

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