Ref NoPRG/WEL/OPE/SAD
CollectionMary Anne Welch Collection
TitleSadler's Wells Opera programmes
Date1964-1974
Extent47 items
Description47 programmes for Sadler's Wells Opera productions, the earliest at Sadler's Wells Theatre and moving to the London Coliseum on 21 Aug 1968, as follows:
* The love of three oranges (22 Jan 1964), produced by Sadler's Wells Opera in association with the New Opera Company.
* Idomeneo, King of Crete (29 Jan 1964)
* Volpone (16 Apr 1964), performed by Sadler's Wells Opera in the New Opera Company production.
* The seraglio (05 May 1964)
* Cosi fan tutte (24 Nov 1964)
* The thieving magpie (27 Jan 1966)
* Gloriana (28 Oct 1966). This programme is accompanied by a season brochure for the 1966/67 season.
* From the house of the dead (03 Feb 1967). This programme is accompanied by a season brochure for the 1966/67 season.
* Ernani (10 Mar 1967)
* The magic flute [Aug 1967?]
* Orpheus and Eurydice (18 Oct 1967)
* Idomeneo, King of Crete (08 Nov 1968)
* Fidelio [Nov 1967?]
* Ernani (09 Dec 1967)
* The mastersingers of Nuremberg (31 Jan 1968)
* A penny for a song [early 1968?]
* Ariadne on Naxos (21 Mar 1968)
* Rigoletto [undated, when the company performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, i.e. before 21 Aug 1968]
* Don Giovanni (21 Aug 1968)
* The Italian girl at Algiers (15 Oct 1968)
* The force of destiny (18 Dec 1968)
* Patience (from 09 Oct 1969)
* Lucky Peter's journey (18 Dec 1969)
* The magic flute [Dec 1969?]
* The damnation of Faust [1969/70 season?]
* The valkyrie (first performed 29 Jan 1970)
* The love of three oranges [c. Jan 1970?]
* Leonora (first performed 18 Mar 1970)
* The tales of Hoffmann (first performed 20 Aug 1970)
* Semele (first performed 21 Oct 1970)
* Kiss me, Kate (05 Jan 1971)
* Götterdämmerung (first performed 29 Jan 1971)
* Carmen (from 08 Sep 1971)
* The Makropulos case (from 26 Jan 1972)
* Il trovatore (from 23 Aug 1972)
* Duke Bluebeard's castle -- Oedipus Rex (from 20 Sep 1972)
* War and peace (first performed 11 Oct 1972). The programme includes a newspaper cutting of a review.
* Patience (from 08 Nov 1972)
* The merry widow (17 Jan 1973)
* The rhinegold (28 Mar 1973)
* The rhinegold (from 31 Jul 1973)
* La traviata (from 01 Sep 1973)
* Katya Kabanova (from 12 Sep 1973)
* The devils of Loudun (first performed 01 Nov 1973)
* Manon (from 24 Jan 1974)
* Carmen (from 14 Feb 1974)
* The story of Vasco (first performed 13 Mar 1974)


PhysicalDescriptionProgrammes
ArrangementChronological
CategoryProgrammes (opera)
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
LevelSubSeries
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