Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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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 's generically hybrid spectacular play with music or comic opera, A Day in Turkey; or, The Russian Slaves, opened at Covent Garden to great acclaim.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
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Escott, Angela. The Celebrated Hannah Cowley. Pickering and Chatto, 2012.
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Performance of text Hannah Cowley
HC 's last play, the comedy The Town Before You, opened at Covent Garden .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 1709
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, 1999, pp. 1-34.
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Performance of text Joanna Baillie
Of the twenty-eight plays that JB wrote, only seven were professionally produced. These were De Monfort,The Family Legend, Henriquez, The Separation, The Election, Constantine Paleologus, and Basil...
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, 1999, pp. 1-34.
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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, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 1386
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, 1973–1993.
Performance of text Frances Brooke
FB 's tragedy The Siege of Sinope opened at Covent Garden ; it played for ten nights—a gratifyingly long run.
Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press, 1996.
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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 Frances Brooke
FB 's first musical, Rosina, set to music by William Shields , opened at Covent Garden .
Mary Robinson performed in the mainpiece at Covent Garden that night; but if she was in Rosina...
Performance of text Frances Brooke
Marian, FB 's second musical, also set by Shields , began an excellent run (though less phenomenal than Rosina's) at Covent Garden .
Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press, 1996.
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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.
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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, 1870, 2 vols.
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She noted Cromwell 's domestic virtues and thought of him as a man acting...
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...
Publishing Sophia Lee
SL had the idea for it while in debtors' prison with her father . Contemporary rumour said she had written it to get him out of prison; but at that time she apparently made no...

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.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
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Nettel, Reginald. The Orchestra in England: A Social History. Jonathan Cape, 1956.
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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.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Dane, Clemence. London Has a Garden. Michael Joseph, 1964.
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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 .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
396

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 .
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
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Harewood, George Henry Hubert Lascelles, Earl of, editor. Kobbé’s Complete Opera Book. 10th ed., Bodley Head, 1987.
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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.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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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.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
142

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.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
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Stevenson, John, 1946 -. British Society, 1914-45. Penguin, 1984.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

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 .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
411

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.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
413

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.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
146

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.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
414

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.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
149

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 .
Dane, Clemence. London Has a Garden. Michael Joseph, 1964.
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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 .
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

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).
“AbouttheHouse: History”. Royal Opera House.

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