Glyndebourne Festival Opera: history and repertoire, 1952–63
This is a list of the operas performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera during the music directorship (1952-1963) of Vittorio Gui. Operas performed by Glyndebourne forces at venues other than Glyndebourne are also included.
| Year | Opera[1] | Composer | Principal cast | Conductor | Director | Designer[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Idomeneo | Mozart | Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Léopold Simoneau (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Maria Kinasiewicz (Electra) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1951 production | |
| 1952 | La Cenerentola | Rossini | Marina de Gabaráin (Cenerentola), Juan Oncina (Ramiro), Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini), Ian Wallace (Don Magnifico) | Vittorio Gui | Carl Ebert | Oliver Messel |
| 1952 | Così fan tutte | Mozart | Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi), Anna Pollak (Dorabella), Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Sesto Bruscantini (Guglielmo), Alda Noni (Despina), Dezsö Ernster (Don Alfonso) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1948 production | |
| 1952 | Macbeth | Verdi | Marko Rothmüller (Macbeth), Dorothy Dow (Lady Macbeth), James Johnston (Macduff) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1938 production | |
| 1953 | Alceste | Gluck | Magda László (Alceste), Richard Lewis (Admète), Thomas Hemsley (Hercules) | Vittorio Gui | Carl Ebert | Hugh Casson, Rosemary Vercoe |
| 1953 | La Cenerentola[3] | Rossini | Marina de Gabaráin (Cenerentola), Juan Oncina (Ramiro), Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini), Ian Wallace (Don Magnifico) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1952 production | |
| 1953 | Ariadne auf Naxos[4] | Strauss | Dorothy Dow (Ariadne), Mattiwilda Dobbs (Zerbinetta), Carlos Guichandut (Bacchus), Kurt Gester (Harlekin), Sena Jurinac (Composer) | John Pritchard | Carl Ebert | Oliver Messel |
| 1953 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Mozart | Sári Barabás (Constanze), Helmut Krebs (Belmonte), Fritz Ollendorf (Osmin), Emmy Loose/April Cantelo (Blonde), Murray Dickie (Pedrillo) | Alfred Wallenstein | Revival of 1950 production | |
| 1953 | Così fan tutte | Mozart | Sena Jurinac/Rita McKerrow (Fiordiligi), Anna Pollak (Dorabella), Juan Oncina/Alexander Young (Ferrando), Geraint Evans (Guglielmo), Alda Noni (Despina), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1948 production | |
| 1953 | The Rake's Progress[5] | Stravinsky | Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Elsie Morison (Anne), Jerome Hines (Nick Shadow), Nan Merriman (Baba the Turk) | Alfred Wallenstein | Carl Ebert | Osbert Lancaster |
| 1953 | Idomeneo[5] | Mozart | Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Helmut Krebs (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Jennifer Vyvyan (Electra) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1951 production | |
| 1954 | The Barber of Seville | Rossini | Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Graziella Sciutti (Rosina), Juan Oncina (Almaviva), Ian Wallace (Bartolo), Antonio Cassinelli (Basilio) | Vittorio Gui | Carl Ebert | Oliver Messel |
| 1954 | Alceste | Gluck | Magda László (Alceste), Richard Lewis (Admète), Thomas Hemsley (Hercules) | Vittorio Gui/Bryan Balkwill | Revival of 1953 production | |
| 1954 | Arlecchino[6] | Busoni | Kurt Gester (Arlecchino), Ian Wallace (Ser Matteo), Geraint Evans (Abbate), Fritz Ollendorf (Dottore), Murray Dickie (Leandro), Elaine Malbin (Colombina) | John Pritchard | Peter Ebert | Peter Rice |
| 1954 | Ariadne auf Naxos[7] | Strauss | Lucine Amara (Ariadne), Mattiwilda Dobbs/Ilse Hollweg (Zerbinetta), Richard Lewis (Bacchus), Kurt Gester (Harlekin), Sena Jurinac (Composer) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1953 production | |
| 1954 | Don Giovanni | Mozart | James Pease (Don Giovanni), Margaret Harshaw (Donna Anna), Sena Jurinac (Donna Elvira), Benno Kusche (Leporello), Léopold Simoneau (Don Ottavio) | Georg Solti | Revival of 1951 production | |
| 1954 | The Rake's Progress | Stravinsky | Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Elsie Morison (Anne), Marko Rothmüller (Nick Shadow), Marina de Gabaráin (Baba the Turk) | Paul Sacher/Bryan Balkwill | Revival of 1953 production | |
| 1954 | Le comte Ory[5] | Rossini | Juan Oncina (Ory), Sári Barabás (Adèle), Sesto Bruscantini (Raimbaud), Fernanda Cadoni (Isolier) | Vittorio Gui | Carl Ebert | Olivier Messel |
| 1954 | Ariadne auf Naxos[5] | Strauss | Lucine Amara (Ariadne), Mattiwilda Dobbs (Zerbinetta), Richard Lewis (Bacchus), Kurt Gester (Harlekin), Sena Jurinac (Composer) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1953 Glyndebourne production | |
| 1954 | Così fan tutte[5] | Mozart | Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi), Magda László (Dorabella), Juan Oncina/Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Geraint Evans (Guglielmo), Alda Noni (Despina), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) | Vittorio Gui/John Pritchard | Carl Ebert | Rolf Gérard, Rosemary Vercoe |
| 1954 | The Soldier's Tale[5] | Stravinsky | Anthony Nicholls (Narrator), Terence Longdon (Soldier), Robert Helpmann (Devil), Moira Shearer (Princess) | Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt | Günther Rennert | Alfred Mahlau |
| 1955 | The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart | Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Elena Rizzieri (Susanna), Franco Calabrese (Count), Sena Jurinac (Countess), Frances Bible/Risë Stevens (Cherubino) | Vittorio Gui | Carl Ebert | Oliver Messel |
| 1955 | Le comte Ory | Rossini | Juan Oncina (Ory), Sári Barabás (Adèle), Giuseppe Valdengo (Raimbaud), Fernanda Cadoni (Isolier) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1954 production | |
| 1955 | Don Giovanni | Mozart | Giuseppe Valdengo (Don Giovanni), Sena Jurinac (Donna Anna), Lucina Amara (Donna Elvira), Geraint Evans (Leporello), Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1951 production | |
| 1955 | The Barber of Seville[8] | Rossini | Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Gianna D'Angelo (Rosina), Juan Oncina (Almaviva), Ian Wallace (Bartolo), Cristiano Dalamangas (Basilio) | Vittorio Gui/Bryan Balkwill | Revival of 1954 production | |
| 1955 | The Rake's Progress | Stravinsky | Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Elsie Morison (Anne), Marko Rothmüller (Nick Shadow), Marina de Gabaráin (Baba the Turk) | Paul Sacher | Revival of 1953 production | |
| 1955 | Falstaff[5] | Verdi | Fernando Corena (Falstaff), Anna Maria Rovere (Alice), Walter Monachesi (Ford), Oralia Dominguez (Mistress Quickly), Eugenia Ratti (Nannetta), Juan Oncina/Kevin Miller (Fenton) | Carlo Maria Giulini | Carl Ebert | Osbert Lancaster |
| 1955 | La forza del destino[5] | Verdi | Sena Jurinac (Leonora), David Poleri (Don Alvaro), Marko Rothmüller (Don Carlo), Hervey Alan (Padre Guardiano), Marina de Gabaráin (Preziosilla), Ian Wallace (Fra Melitone) | John Pritchard | Peter Ebert | Leslie Hurry |
| 1956 | Idomeneo | Mozart | Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), William McAlpine (Idamante), Elisabeth Grümmer (Ilia), Lucille Udovick (Electra) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1951 production | |
| 1956 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Mozart | Mattiwilda Dobbs (Constanze), Ernst Haefliger (Belmonte), Arnold van Mill (Osmin), Lisa Otto (Blonde), Kevin Miller (Pedrillo) | Paul Sacher/Peter Gellhorn | Carl Ebert | Oliver Messel |
| 1956 | The Magic Flute | Mozart | Ernst Haefliger (Tamino), Pilar Lorengar (Pamina), Geraint Evans (Papageno), Frederick Guthrie/Drago Bernardic (Sarastro), Mattiwilda Dobbs (Queen of the Night) | Vittorio Gui | Carl Ebert | Oliver Messel |
| 1956 | Così fan tutte | Mozart | Sena Jurinac (Fiordiligi), Nan Merriman (Dorabella), Richard Lewis/Juan Oncina (Ferrando), Sesto Bruscantini (Guglielmo), Elena Rizzieri (Despina), Ivan Sardi (Don Alfonso) | Vittorio Gui/John Pritchard | Revival of 1954 production | |
| 1956 | Don Giovanni[9] | Mozart | Kim Borg (Don Giovanni), Sena Jurinac (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Lindermeier/Doreen Watts (Donna Elvira), Geraint Evans (Leporello), Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) | John Pritchard/Bryan Balkwill | Revival of 1951 production | |
| 1956 | The Marriage of Figaro[10] | Mozart | Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Elena Rizzieri (Susanna), Michel Roux (Count), Elisabeth Grümmer/Joan Sutherland (Countess), Cora Canne-Meijer (Cherubino) | Vittorio Gui/Maurits Sillem | Revival of 1955 production | |
| 1957 | L'italiana in Algeri | Rossini | Oralia Dominguez (Isabella), Juan Oncina (Lindoro), Paolo Montarsolo (Mustafa), Marcello Cortis (Taddeo) | Vittorio Gui | Peter Ebert | Osbert Lancaster |
| 1957 | Le comte Ory[11] | Rossini | Juan Oncina (Ory), Sári Barabás (Adèle), Heinz Blankenburg (Raimbaud), Fernanda Cadoni (Isolier) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1954 production | |
| 1957 | Der Schauspieldirektor[6] | Mozart | Joan Sutherland (Mme Herz), Naida Labay (Mme Silberklang), Alexander Young (Herr Herz), Gwyn Griffiths (Herr Buff) | Bryan Balkwill | Anthony Besch | Peter Rice |
| 1957 | Ariadne auf Naxos[12] | Strauss | Lucine Amara (Ariadne), Mimi Coertse/Sári Barabás (Zerbinetta), David Lloyd (Bacchus), Heinz Blankenburg (Harlekin), Elisabeth Söderström (Composer) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1954 production | |
| 1957 | Falstaff | Verdi | Geraint Evans (Falstaff), Orietta Moscucci (Alice), Antonio Boyer (Ford), Oralia Dominguez (Mistress Quickly), Antonietta Pastori (Nannetta), Juan Oncina (Fenton) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1955 production | |
| 1957 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Mozart | Wilma Lipp (Constanze), Ernst Haefliger (Belmonte), Mihály Székely (Osmin), Rosl Schwaiger (Blonde), Kevin Miller (Pedrillo) | Paul Sacher | Revival of 1956 production | |
| 1957 | The Magic Flute | Mozart | David Lloyd (Tamino), Pilar Lorengar (Pamina), Geraint Evans/Heinz Blankenburg (Papageno), Mihály Székely (Sarastro), Margareta Hallin (Queen of the Night) | Paul Sacher/Peter Gellhorn | Revival of 1956 production | |
| 1958 | Falstaff[11] | Verdi | Geraint Evans (Falstaff), Ilva Ligabue (Alice), Mario Borriello (Ford), Oralia Dominguez (Mistress Quickly), Graziella Sciutti (Nannetta), Juan Oncina (Fenton) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1955 production | |
| 1958 | Alceste | Gluck | Consuelo Rubio (Alceste), Richard Lewis (Admète), Robert Massard (Hercules) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1953 production | |
| 1958 | The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart | Geraint Evans (Figaro), Graziella Sciutti (Susanna), Michel Roux (Count), Pilar Lorengar (Countess), Teresa Berganza (Cherubino) | Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt | Revival of 1955 production | |
| 1958 | The Rake's Progress | Stravinsky | Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Elsie Morison (Anne), Otakar Kraus (Nick Shadow), Gloria Lane (Baba the Turk) | Paul Sacher | Revival of 1953 production | |
| 1958 | Le comte Ory | Rossini | Juan Oncina (Ory), Sári Barabás (Adèle), Heinz Blankenburg (Raimbaud), Fernanda Cadoni (Isolier) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1954 production | |
| 1958 | Il segreto di Susanna[6] | Wolf-Ferrari | Mary Costa (Countess), Michel Roux (Gil) | John Pritchard | Peter Ebert | Carl Toms |
| 1958 | Ariadne auf Naxos[13] | Strauss | Lucine Amara (Ariadne), Rita Streich (Zerbinetta), Richard Lewis (Bacchus), Heinz Blankenburg (Harlekin), Helga Pilarczyk (Composer) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1954 production | |
| 1959 | Der Rosenkavalier | Strauss | Régine Crespin (Feldmarschallin), Elisabeth Söderström (Oktavian), Anneliese Rothenberger (Sophie), Oscar Czerwenka (Ochs) | Leopold Ludwig | Carl Ebert | Oliver Messel |
| 1959 | Idomeneo | Mozart | Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), William McAlpine (Idamante), Sylvia Stahlman (Ilia), Angela Vercelli (Electra) | John Pritchard/Peter Gellhorn | Revival of 1951 production | |
| 1959 | Così fan tutte | Mozart | Ilva Ligabue (Fiordiligi), Gloria Lane (Dorabella), Juan Oncina (Ferrando), Geraint Evans (Guglielmo), Graziella Sciutti (Despina), Carlos Feller (Don Alfonso) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1954 production | |
| 1959 | Fidelio | Beethoven | Gré Brouwenstijn (Leonore), Richard Lewis (Florestan), Kim Borg (Pizarro), Mihály Székely (Rocco) | Vittorio Gui | Günther Rennert | Ita Maximowna |
| 1959 | La Cenerentola | Rossini | Teresa Berganza/Anna Maria Rota (Cenerentola), Juan Oncina (Ramiro), Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini), Ian Wallace (Don Magnifico) | Vittorio Gui/Peter Gellhorn | Revival of 1952 production | |
| 1959 | The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart | Carlos Feller/Geraint Evans (Figaro), Elisabeth Söderström (Susanna), Michel Roux (Count), Pilar Lorengar (Countess), Josephine Veasey (Cherubino) | Peter Maag | Revival of 1955 production | |
| 1960 | I Puritani[14] | Bellini | Joan Sutherland (Elvira), Nicola Filacuridi (Arturo), Ernest Blanc (Riccardo), Giuseppe Modesti (Giorgio) | Vittorio Gui/Bryan Balkwill | Franco Enriquez | Desmond Heeley |
| 1960 | Falstaff[14] | Verdi | Geraint Evans (Falstaff), Ilva Ligabue (Alice), Sesto Bruscantini (Ford), Oralia Dominguez (Mistress Quickly), Mariella Adani (Nannetta), Juan Oncina (Fenton) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1955 production | |
| 1960 | Der Rosenkavalier | Strauss | Régine Crespin (Feldmarschallin), Regina Sarfaty (Oktavian), Anneliese Rothenberger (Sophie), Oscar Czerwenka (Ochs) | Leopold Ludwig | Revival of 1959 production | |
| 1960 | Don Giovanni | Mozart | Ernest Blanc (Don Giovanni), Joan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Ilva Ligabue (Donna Elvira), Geraint Evans/Sesto Bruscantini (Leporello), Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) | John Pritchard/Peter Gellhorn | Günther Rennert | Ita Maximowna |
| 1960 | The Magic Flute | Mozart | Richard Lewis (Tamino), Pilar Lorengar (Pamina), Geraint Evans (Papageno), Mihály Székely (Sarastro), Margareta Hallin (Queen of the Night) | Colin Davis | Revival of 1956 production | |
| 1960 | La Cenerentola | Rossini | Anna Maria Rota (Cenerentola), Juan Oncina (Ramiro), Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini), Ian Wallace (Don Magnifico) | John Pritchard/Peter Gellhorn | Revival of 1952 production | |
| 1960 | Il segreto di Susanna[15] | Wolf-Ferrari | Mariella Adani (Countess), Sesto Bruscantini (Gil) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1958 production | |
| 1960 | La voix humaine[16] | Poulenc | Denise Duval (Elle) | John Pritchard | Jean Cocteau | Jean Cocteau |
| 1960 | Arlecchino[17] | Busoni | Heinz Blankenburg (Arlecchino), Ian Wallace (Ser Matteo), Gwyn Griffiths (Abbate), Carlos Feller (Dottore), Dermot Troy (Leandro), Helga Pilarczyk (Colombina) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1954 production | |
| 1961 | L'elisir d'amore | Donizetti | Luigi Alva (Nemorino), Eugenia Ratti (Adina), Carlo Badioli (Dulcamara), Enzo Sordello (Belcore) | Carlo Felice Cillario | Franco Zeffirelli | Franco Zeffirelli |
| 1961 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Mozart | Mattiwilda Dobbs (Constanze), Heinz Hoppe (Belmonte), Mihály Székely/Michael Langdon (Osmin), Dorit Hanak (Blonde), Duncan Robertson (Pedrillo) | Peter Gellhorn | Peter Ebert | Oliver Messel |
| 1961 | Fidelio | Beethoven | Gré Brouwenstijn (Leonore), Richard Lewis (Florestan), Herbert Fliether (Pizarro), Mihály Székely (Rocco) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1959 production | |
| 1961 | Elegy for Young Lovers | Henze | Carlos Alexander (Mittenhofer), André Turp (Toni), Elisabeth Söderström (Elizabeth) | Kerstin Meyer (Carolina) John Pritchard/Hans Werner Henze | Günther Rennert | Lila De Nobili |
| 1961 | Don Giovanni | Mozart | György Melis (Don Giovanni), Gerda Scheyrer (Donna Anna), Ilva Ligabue (Donna Elvira), Geraint Evans (Leporello), Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) | John Pritchard/Peter Gellhorn | Revival of 1960 production | |
| 1961 | The Barber of Seville | Rossini | Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Alberta Valentini (Rosina), Juan Oncina (Almaviva), Ian Wallace (Bartolo), Carlo Cava (Basilio) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1954 production | |
| 1962 | Pelléas et Mélisande | Debussy | Henri Gui (Pelléas), Denise Duval (Mélisande), Michel Roux (Golaud) | Vittorio Gui | Carl Ebert | Beni Montresor |
| 1962 | The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart | Heinz Blankenburg (Figaro), Mirella Freni (Susanna), Gabriel Bacquier (Count), Leyla Gencer (Countess), Edith Mathis/Maureen Keetch (Cherubino) | Silvio Varviso/John Pritchard | Revival of 1955 production | |
| 1962 | Così fan tutte | Mozart | Antigone Sgourda (Fiordiligi), Stafania Malagù (Dorabella), Loren Driscoll (Ferrando), Ingvar Wixell (Guglielmo), Reri Grist (Despina), Michel Roux (Don Alfonso) | John Pritchard | Carl Ebert | Rolf Gérard/Bernard Nevill |
| 1962 | L'incoronazione di Poppea | Monteverdi | Magda Laszlo (Poppea), Richard Lewis (Nerone), Frances Bible (Ottavia), Walter Alberti (Ottone), Lydia Marimpietri (Drusilla), Carlo Cava (Seneca) | John Pritchard | Günther Rennert | Hugh Casson/Conwy Evans |
| 1962 | Ariadne auf Naxos[18] | Strauss | Enriqueta Tarrés (Ariadne), Gianna d'Angelo/Reri Grist (Zerbinetta), Richard Lewis/William McAlpine (Bacchus), Heinz Blankenburg (Harlekin) | Silvio Varviso | Revival of 1950 production | |
| 1962 | L'elisir d'amore | Donizetti | Luigi Alva (Nemorino), Mirella Freni (Adina), Sesto Bruscantini (Dulcamara), Enzo Sordello (Belcore) | Carlo Felice Cillario | Revival of 1961 production | |
| 1963 | Capriccio | Strauss | Elisabeth Söderström (Countess), Horst Wilhelm (Flamand), Raymond Wolansky (Olivier), Benno Kusche (La Roche), Tom Krause (Count), Soňa Červená (Clairon) | John Pritchard/Bryan Balkwill | Günther Rennert | Dennis Lennon/Anthony Powell |
| 1963 | Fidelio | Beethoven | Gré Brouwenstijn (Leonore), Richard Lewis (Florestan), Herbert Fliether (Pizarro), Victor de Narké (Rocco) | Bryan Balkwill | Revival of 1959 production | |
| 1963 | Pelléas et Mélisande | Debussy | Hans Wilbrink (Pelléas), Denise Duval (Mélisande), Michel Roux (Golaud) | Vittorio Gui | Revival of 1962 production | |
| 1963 | The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart | Heinz Blankenburg (Figaro), Liliane Berton (Susanna), Michel Roux (Count), Leyla Gencer (Countess), Edith Mathis (Cherubino) | Silvio Varviso/Myer Fredman | Revival of 1955 production | |
| 1963 | The Rake's Progress | Stravinsky | Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Heather Harper (Anne), Delme Bryn Jones/Hermann Uhde (Nick Shadow), Gloria Lane (Baba the Turk) | Paul Sacher | Revival of 1953 production | |
| 1963 | L'incoronazione di Poppea | Monteverdi | Magda Laszlo (Poppea), Richard Lewis (Nerone), Frances Bible (Ottavia), Walter Alberti (Ottone), Lydia Marimpietri (Drusilla), Carlo Cava (Seneca) | John Pritchard | Revival of 1962 production | |
| 1963 | The Magic Flute | Mozart | Ragnar Ulfung (Tamino), Judith Raskin (Pamina), Heinz Blankenberg (Papageno), Carlo Cava (Sarastro), Claudine Arnaud (Queen of the Night) | Vittorio Gui | Franco Enriquez | Emanuele Luzzati |
Sources
[edit]- Hughes, Spike (1963). Glyndebourne, a history of the Festival Opera. London: Methuen.
- Norwich, John Julius (1985). Fifty Years of Glyndebourne. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-02310-1.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Titles in Bold are new productions. Opera titles are those used in Wikipedia and not necessarily those used by Glyndebourne.
- ^ Where two designers are credited, the first-named designed the set and the second designed the costumes
- ^ Also performed at the 1953 Edinburgh International Festival with the same cast and conductor, in Berlin in 1954 with the same cast but with John Pritchard conducting, and at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool in 1956 with the same cast but with Vittorio Gui and Pritchard sharing the conducting.
- ^ The Prologue, newly created by the same production team, was added to the Opera, which had previously been performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at the 1950 Edinburgh International Festival.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival.
- ^ a b c Curtain raiser preceding Ariadne auf Naxos.
- ^ Second part of double-bill with Arlecchino.
- ^ Also performed at the 1955 Edinburgh International Festival with the same cast but with Alberto Erede conducting.
- ^ Also performed in 1956 at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, with the same cast but without Doreen Watts and with Juan Oncina replacing Richard Lewis as Don Ottavio. Pritchard and Bryan Balkwill shared the conducting.
- ^ Also performed in 1956 at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, with the same cast but without Elisabeth Grümmer and with Gui and Pritchard sharing the conducting.
- ^ a b Also performed in 1958 at the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt in Paris with the same cast and conductor.
- ^ Second part of double-bill with Der Schauspieldirektor.
- ^ Second part of double-bill with Il segreto di Susanna
- ^ a b Also performed at the 1960 Edinburgh International Festival with the same cast and conductor(s).
- ^ First part of triple-bill with La voix humaine and Arlecchino.
- ^ Second part of triple-bill with Il segreto di Susanna and Arlecchino.
- ^ Third part of triple-bill with Il segreto di Susanna and La voix humaine.
- ^ 1912 version, preceded by a performance of Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, with Miles Malleson as M. Jourdain.