Glyndebourne Festival Opera: history and repertoire, 1934–51 explained

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.

YearOpera[1] !ComposerPrincipal cast!ConductorDirector!Designer[2]
1934 The Marriage of Figaro Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay (Susanna), Roy Henderson (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Luise Helletsgruber (Lucie Manén) (Cherubino) Fritz Busch Carl Ebert Hamish Wilson/Ann Litherland
1934 Così fan tutte Mozart Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), Vincenzo Bettoni (Don Alfonso) Fritz Busch Hamish Wilson/Ann Litherland
1935 The Marriage of Figaro Mozart Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay (Susanna), Roy Henderson (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Luise Helletsgruber (Cherubino) Fritz Busch/Hans Oppenheim Revival of 1934 production
1935 Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart Noel Eadie (Konstanze), Walther Ludwig (Belmonte), Ivar Andrésen (Osmin), Irene Eisinger (Blonde), Heddle Nash (Pedrillo) Fritz Busch Carl Ebert Hamish Wilson/Ann Litherland
1935 The Magic Flute Mozart Walther Ludwig (Tamino), Aulikki Rautawaara (Pamina), Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Papageno), Ivar Andrésen (Sarastro), Mìla Kočová/Noel Eadie (Queen of the Night) Fritz Busch Carl Ebert Hamish Wilson
1935 Così fan tutte Mozart Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) Fritz Busch Revival of 1934 production
1936 Don Giovanni Mozart John Brownlee (Don Giovanni), Ina Souez (Donna Anna), Luise Helletsgruber (Donna Elvira), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), Koloman von Pataky (Don Ottavio) Fritz Busch Carl Ebert
1936 The Marriage of Figaro Mozart Mariano Stabile (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Luise Helletsgruber (Cherubino) Fritz Busch Revival of 1934 production
1936 Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart Julia Moor (Konstanze), Koloman von Pataky (Belmonte), Salvatore Baccaloni (Osmin), Irma Beilke (Blonde), Heddle Nash (Pedrillo) Fritz Busch Revival of 1935 production
1936 Così fan tutte Mozart Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Roy Henderson (Guglielmo), Tatiana Menotti (Despina), John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) Fritz Busch Revival of 1934 production
1936 The Magic Flute Mozart Thorkild Noval (Tamino), Aulikki Rautawaara (Pamina), Roy Henderson (Papageno), Alexander Kipnis (Sarastro), Noel Eadie/Julia Moor (Queen of the Night) Fritz Busch/Hans Oppenheim Revival of 1935 production
1937 Don Giovanni Mozart John Brownlee (Don Giovanni), Ina Souez (Donna Anna), Luise Helletsgruber (Donna Elvira), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), Dino Borgioli (Don Ottavio) Fritz Busch Revival of 1936 production
1937 Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart Margherita Perras (Konstanze), Eric Starling (Belmonte), Herbert Alsen (Osmin), Irene Eisinger (Blonde), Heddle Nash (Pedrillo) Fritz Busch Revival of 1935 production
1937 Così fan tutte Mozart Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder/Roy Henderson (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), John Brownlee/Salvatore Baccaloni (Don Alfonso) Fritz Busch Revival of 1934 production
1937 The Marriage of Figaro Mozart Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (Figaro), Irene Eisinger (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Marita Farell (Cherubino) Fritz Busch Revival of 1934 production
1937 The Magic Flute Mozart Thorkild Noval (Tamino), Aulikki Rautawaara (Pamina), Roy Henderson (Papageno), Herbert Alsen/David Franklin (Sarastro), Sinäda Lissitschkina (Queen of the Night) Fritz Busch Revival of 1935 production
1938 Macbeth Francesco Valentino (Macbeth), Vera Schwarz (Lady Macbeth), David Lloyd (Macduff) Fritz Busch Carl Ebert
1938 Don Giovanni Mozart John Brownlee (Don Giovanni), Ina Souez (Donna Anna), Luise Helletsgruber (Donna Elvira), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), Dino Borgioli (Don Ottavio) Revival of 1936 production
1938 Così fan tutte Mozart Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Luise Helletsgruber (Dorabella), Heddle Nash (Ferrando), Roy Henderson (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) Fritz Busch Revival of 1934 production
1938 The Marriage of Figaro Mozart Mariano Stabile (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay/Irene Eisinger (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Marita Farell (Cherubino) Fritz Busch/Alberto Erede Revival of 1934 production
1938 Don Pasquale Salvatore Baccaloni (Pasquale), Dino Borgioli (Ernesto), Audrey Mildmay (Norina), Mariano Stabile (Malatesta) Fritz Busch Carl Ebert Hamish Wilson/Kenneth Green
1939 Don Giovanni Mozart John Brownlee (Don Giovanni), Ina Souez (Donna Anna), Hella Toros (Donna Elvira), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), David Lloyd/Dino Borgioli (Don Ottavio) Fritz Busch/Alberto Erede Revival of 1936 production
1939 Don Pasquale Donizetti Salvatore Baccaloni (Pasquale), Luigi Fort (Ernesto), Audrey Mildmay (Norina), Mariano Stabile (Malatesta) Fritz Busch Revival of 1938 production
1939 Macbeth Verdi Francesco Valentino (Macbeth), Margherita Grandi (Lady Macbeth), David Lloyd (Macduff) Fritz Busch Revival of 1938 production
1939 Così fan tutte Mozart Ina Souez (Fiordiligi), Risë Stevens (Dorabella), Gino del Signore (Ferrando), Roy Henderson (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) Fritz Busch Revival of 1934 production
1939 The Marriage of Figaro Mozart Mariano Stabile (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay/Irene Eisinger (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count), Maria Markan (Countess), Risë Stevens (Cherubino) Fritz Busch/Alberto Erede Revival of 1934 production
1940 The Beggar's Opera[3] Michael Redgrave (Macheath), Audrey Mildmay/Irene Eisinger (Polly), Roy Henderson (Peachum), Constance Willis/Elsie French (Mrs Peachum), Joseph Farrington (Lockit), Linda Gray (Lucy) Frederic Austin/Anthony Bernard/Michael Mudie Motley
1941/5No Festival - theatre closed during World War II
1946 The Rape of Lucretia[4] 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) Ernest Ansermet/Reginald Goodall/Hans Oppenheim/Benjamin Britten
1947 Orfeo ed Euridice Kathleen Ferrier (Orfeo), Ann Ayars (Euridice), Zoë Vlachopoulos Carl Ebert Joseph Carl
1947 Albert Herring[5] Britten Peter Pears (Albert), Joan Cross (Lady Billows), Frederick Sharp/Denis Dowling (Sid), Nancy Evans/Catherine Lawson (Nancy), Betsy de la Porte (Mrs Herring) Benjamin Britten/Ivan Clayton John Piper
1947 Macbeth[6] Verdi Francesco Valentino (Macbeth), Margherita Grandi (Lady Macbeth), Walter Midgley (Macduff) Revival of 1938 production
1947 The Marriage of Figaro[7] Mozart Italo Tajo (Figaro), Tatiana Menotti/Ayhan Alnar (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count), Eleanor Steber (Countess), Giulietta Simionato (Cherubino) Revival of 1934 production
1948 Don Giovanni Mozart Paolo Silveri (Don Giovanni), Ljuba Welitsch (Donna Anna), Christina Carroll (Donna Elvira), Vito de Taranto (Leporello), Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) Revival of 1936 production
1948 Così fan tutte Mozart Suzanne Danco (Fiordiligi), Eugenia Zareska (Dorabella), Petre Munteanu (Ferrando), Erich Kunz (Guglielmo), Hilde Güden (Despina), Mariano Stabile (Don Alfonso) Carl Ebert Rolf Gérard
1949 Un ballo in maschera Verdi Mirto Picchi (Riccardo), Ljuba Welitsch/Margherita Grandi (Amelia), Paolo Silveri (Renato), Alda Noni (Oscar), Jean Watson/Amalia Pini (Ulrica) Vittorio Gui/Hans Oppenheim Carl Ebert Caspar Neher
1949 Così fan tutte Mozart Suzanne Danco (Fiordiligi), Sena Jurinac (Dorabella), Petre Munteanu (Ferrando), Marko Rothmüller (Guglielmo), Irene Eisinger (Despina), John Brownlee (Don Alfonso) Vittorio Gui/Hans Oppenheim Revival of 1948 production
1950 Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart Ilse Hollweg (Konstanze), Richard Holm (Belmonte), Endre Koréh (Osmin), Alda Noni (Blonde), Murray Dickie (Pedrillo) Fritz Busch Carl Ebert Rolf Gérard
1950 Così fan tutte Mozart Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi), Blanche Thebom (Dorabella), Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Erich Kunz/Geraint Evans (Guglielmo), Alda Noni (Despina), Mario Borriello (Don Alfonso) Fritz Busch Revival of 1948 production
1950 The Marriage of Figaro Mozart George London (Figaro), Elfride Troetschel (Susanna), Marko Rothmüller (Count), Clara Ebers (Countess), Sena Jurinac (Cherubino) Carl Ebert Rolf Gérard
1950 Ariadne auf Naxos[8] Hilde Zadek (Ariadne), Ilse Hollweg (Zerbinetta), Peter Anders (Bacchus), Douglas Craig (Harlekin) Carl Ebert Oliver Messel
1951 Idomeneo Mozart Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Léopold Simoneau (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Birgit Nilsson (Elettra) Carl Ebert Oliver Messel
1951 The Marriage of Figaro Mozart Alois Pernerstorfer (Figaro), Genevieve Warner (Susanna), Alfred Poell (Count), Lisa della Casa (Countess), Dorothy MacNeil (Cherubino) Fritz Busch/John Pritchard Revival of 1950 production
1951 Così fan tutte Mozart Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi), Alice Howland (Dorabella), Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Marko Rothmüller (Guglielmo), Isa Quensel (Despina), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) Fritz Busch/John Pritchard Revival of 1948 production
1951 Don Giovanni Mozart Mario Petri (Don Giovanni), Hilde Zadek (Donna Anna), Suzanne Danco (Donna Elvira), Alois Pernerstorfer (Leporello), Léopold Simoneau (Don Ottavio) Fritz Busch/John Pritchard Carl Ebert John Piper
1951 La forza del destino Verdi Walburga Wegner (Leonora), David Poleri (Don Alvaro), Marko Rothmüller (Don Carlo), Bruce Dargavel (Padre Guardiano), Mildred Miller (Preziosilla), Owen Brannigan (Fra Melitone) Fritz Busch Carl Ebert
1951 Don Giovanni Mozart Mario Petri (Don Giovanni), Hilde Zadek (Donna Anna), Dorothy MacNeil (Donna Elvira), Alois Pernerstorfer/Owen Brannigan (Leporello), Léopold Simoneau (Don Ottavio) Fritz Busch/John Pritchard Revival of 1951 Glyndebourne production

Sources

. John Julius Norwich. 1985. Fifty Years of Glyndebourne. Jonathan Cape. London. 0-224-02310-1.

Notes and References

  1. Titles in Bold are new productions. Opera titles are those used in Wikipedia and not necessarily those used by Glyndebourne.
  2. Where two designers are credited, the first-named designed the set and the second designed the costumes
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Performed at Glyndebourne by the English Opera Group. The performance on 20 June 1947, was the world premiere of the opera.
  6. Performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival.
  7. Performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival.
  8. 1912 version, preceded by a performance of Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

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