English National Opera (ENO) is an opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St. Martin's Lane. It is one of the two principal opera companies in London, along with The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. ENO's productions are sung in English.
The company's origins were in the late 19th century, when the philanthropist Emma Cons, later assisted by her niece Lilian Baylis, presented theatrical and operatic performances at the Old Vic in a rough area of London for the benefit of local people. From those beginnings, Baylis built up both the opera and the theatre companies, and later added a ballet company; these evolved into the ENO, the Royal National Theatre and The Royal Ballet.
Baylis acquired and rebuilt Sadler's Wells theatre in north London, a larger house, better suited to opera than the Old Vic. The opera company grew there into a permanent ensemble in the 1930s. During the Second World War, the theatre was closed and the company toured British towns and cities. After the war, the company returned to its home, but it continued to expand and improve, and by the 1960s a larger theatre was needed. In 1968, the company moved to the London Coliseum in the heart of London and adopted its present name in 1974. The company has survived several proposals to merge it with The Royal Opera.
Sadler's Wells Theatre is a performing arts venue located in Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington. The present day theatre is the sixth on the site since 1683. It consists of two performance spaces: a 1,500 seat main auditorium and the Lilian Baylis Studio, with extensive rehearsal rooms and technical facilities also housed within the site. Sadler's Wells is renowned as one of the world's leading dance venues. As well as a stage for visiting companies, the theatre is also a producing house, with a number of associated artists and companies who produce original works for the theatre. Sadler's Wells is also responsible for the management of the Peacock Theatre in the West End.
History
First theatre and pleasure gardens
Richard Sadler opened a "Musick House" in 1683, the second public theatre newly opened in London after the Restoration, the first being the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The name Sadler's Wells originates from his name and the rediscovery of monastic springs on his property. The well water being thought to have medicinal properties, Sadler was prompted to claim that drinking the water from the wells would be effective against "dropsy, jaundice, scurvy, green sickness and other distempers to which females are liable – ulcers, fits of the mother, virgin's fever and hypochondriacal distemper."
Sadler's Wells (11 April 1981– 26 April 2011) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was later a leading sire in France, Great Britain & Ireland and North America during the 1990s. Only Danehill has sired more stakes winners than Sadler's Wells. He was foaled in 1981 in the United States but achieved most of his racing and breeding fame in Europe.
Background
Sadler's Wells was a bay horse with a broad white blaze and white socks on his hind legs. He was by Northern Dancer, the most successful sire of his era, out of Fairy Bridge by Bold Reason. Fairy Bridge, a sister of the disqualified 2000 Guineas winner Nureyev, was a highly successful broodmare, producing National Stakes winner Tate Gallery and successful breeding stallion Fairy King.
The colt was sent into training with Vincent O'Brien at Ballydoyle. Throughout his racing career, Sadler's Wells had a characteristic running style, galloping with his head at an unusually high angle.
Wells Crater is an impact crater in the Eridania quadrangle on Mars at 60.2°S and 237.9°W, and it is 103.0km in diameter. Its name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), and it was named after H. G. Wells.
Wells is a surname of English origin, but is occasionally used as a given name too. It derives from occupation, location, and topography. The occupational name (i.e. "Wellman") derives from the person responsible for a village's spring. The locational name (i.e. "Well") derives from the pre-7th century waella ("spring"). The topographical name (i.e. "Attewell") derives from living near a spring. The oldest public record is found in 1177 in the county of Norfolk. Variations of Wells include Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman and Wellsman. At the time of the British Census of 1881Wells Surname at Forebears, its relative frequency was highest in Berkshire (3.2 times the British average), followed by Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Kinross-shire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Dumfriesshire and Bedfordshire. People with the name include:
THAMES NEWS - 10.3.1983 - SADLERS WELLS OPERA: Firms and schools in Islington have been getting lig
THAMES NEWS - 10.3.1983 - SADLERS WELLS OPERA: Firms and schools in Islington have been getting lig
published: 10 Mar 2015
Offenbach: "La belle Hélène" (Sadler's Wells Opera)
A BBC telecast from January 23, 1964 of Offenbach's opéra bouffe "La belle Hélène" in an English version by Geoffrey Dunn and presented by the Sadler's Wells Opera with John Matheson, conductor. The cast features Joyce Blackham (Helen); Kevin Miller (Paris); Derek Hammond-Stroud (Calchas); John Fryatt (Menelaus); John Heddle Nash (Agamemnon); Patricia Kern (Orestes); and John Caolan (Achilles). The entire cast is listed in the credits at the end of this video.
published: 08 Oct 2018
Sadler's Wells Opera and ballet programme January 8th 1953 die fledermaus
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published: 15 Aug 2024
Robin Donald sings Sadler's Wells Audition in 1965
In 1965 at the old Sadler's Wells Opera Company's Rosebery Avenue Theatre stage in London, Australian tenor ROBIN DONALD travelled to London to audition for the company at the invitation of Stephen Arlen, the then Managing Director of Sadler's Wells. Robin had been invited to audition following corresponding with and sending numerous tape recordings of his singing to the company earlier that year.
For the audition, Robin chose to sing 'Tamino's' first act aria 'O Lovliness Beyond Compare' (Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schön), from "The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and 'The Prayer - Almighty Lord' (O Souverain O Juge O Pere) from Jules Massenet's opera "Le Cid".
The result of this audition won for Robin, a five years major principal tenor's contract with Sadler's Wells. For the ...
published: 19 Feb 2021
Trio & Finale - Le Comte Ory. Alexander Young, Elizabeth Harwood, Patricia Kern. Sadlers Wells 1963
Trio and Finale from Le Comte Ory. Live recording (in English) from Sadlers Wells 1963.
Count Ory - Alexander Young
Countess Adèle -Elizabeth Harwood
Isolier - Patricia Kern
Conducted by Bryan Balkwill
This recording shows what a golden era Sadlers Wells enjoyed in the 50's and 60's! Interesting to consider that the Metropolitan Opera in New York only staged this opera for the first time in 2011!!
You can read more about Alexander Young in my other videos that I have posted.
Elizabeth Harwood (27 May 1938 -- 21 June 1990) was an English lyric soprano. After studies at the Royal Manchester College of Music she enjoyed an operatic career lasting for over two decades and worked with such conductors as Colin Davis and Herbert von Karajan. She was one of the few English singers of her gen...
published: 16 Jun 2013
Sadler's Wells: new shows just announced
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published: 23 Jan 2020
Sadler’s Wells Theatre 🎭
published: 05 May 2023
Sadler's Wells & BBC Arts present Dancing Nation (Teaser Trailer)
Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts present Dancing Nation, a day-long festival of world-class dance available from Thursday 28 January 2021.
Featuring new works and audience favourites from big-name artists and breakthrough talent in ballet, contemporary and hip-hop dance styles. Plus, go behind the scenes with celebrated broadcaster and Dancing Nation host Brenda Emmanus.
Programme includes:
Akram Khan
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Boy Blue
Breakin’ Convention
Candoco Dance Company
English National Ballet
Far From The Norm
HUMANHOOD
Matsena Productions
Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures
Natalia Osipova
Northern Ballet
Oona Doherty
Rambert
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
*How to watch*
Dancing Nation will be available to watch in three hour-long programmes from Thursday 28 January,...
published: 12 Jan 2021
Company Wayne McGregor / Paris Opera Ballet - Tree of Codes - Trailer (Sadler's Wells)
Company Wayne McGregor / Paris Opera Ballet
Tree of Codes
4 - 11 March 2017
Read more: https://goo.gl/aOAS0X
Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor’s much anticipated Tree of Codes finally comes to London following huge critical acclaim at Manchester International Festival in 2015.
15 dancers, from The Paris Opera Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor explore Olafur Eliasson’s visual concept, which mirrors the sculptural aspects of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book of the same name.
The piece is co-created by Wayne McGregor, Olafur Eliasson and Jamie xx.
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published: 10 Feb 2017
Sadlers Wells Opera Gilbert & Sullivan John Ayldon & Meston Reid
Gilbert & Sullivan.John Ayldon & Meston Reid
This was taken from a documentary on the anniversary of The Sadlers Wells company, I didn't get the full programme, just turned the TV on one afternoon, saw it on & copied ,& to my surprise John Alydon & Meston Reid contributing for D'Oyly Carte. So I would suspect it was before 1981.
I just noticed in the finale on stage , Thomas Round to the right and Denis Dowling.
A BBC telecast from January 23, 1964 of Offenbach's opéra bouffe "La belle Hélène" in an English version by Geoffrey Dunn and presented by the Sadler's Wells Op...
A BBC telecast from January 23, 1964 of Offenbach's opéra bouffe "La belle Hélène" in an English version by Geoffrey Dunn and presented by the Sadler's Wells Opera with John Matheson, conductor. The cast features Joyce Blackham (Helen); Kevin Miller (Paris); Derek Hammond-Stroud (Calchas); John Fryatt (Menelaus); John Heddle Nash (Agamemnon); Patricia Kern (Orestes); and John Caolan (Achilles). The entire cast is listed in the credits at the end of this video.
A BBC telecast from January 23, 1964 of Offenbach's opéra bouffe "La belle Hélène" in an English version by Geoffrey Dunn and presented by the Sadler's Wells Opera with John Matheson, conductor. The cast features Joyce Blackham (Helen); Kevin Miller (Paris); Derek Hammond-Stroud (Calchas); John Fryatt (Menelaus); John Heddle Nash (Agamemnon); Patricia Kern (Orestes); and John Caolan (Achilles). The entire cast is listed in the credits at the end of this video.
In 1965 at the old Sadler's Wells Opera Company's Rosebery Avenue Theatre stage in London, Australian tenor ROBIN DONALD travelled to London to audition for the...
In 1965 at the old Sadler's Wells Opera Company's Rosebery Avenue Theatre stage in London, Australian tenor ROBIN DONALD travelled to London to audition for the company at the invitation of Stephen Arlen, the then Managing Director of Sadler's Wells. Robin had been invited to audition following corresponding with and sending numerous tape recordings of his singing to the company earlier that year.
For the audition, Robin chose to sing 'Tamino's' first act aria 'O Lovliness Beyond Compare' (Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schön), from "The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and 'The Prayer - Almighty Lord' (O Souverain O Juge O Pere) from Jules Massenet's opera "Le Cid".
The result of this audition won for Robin, a five years major principal tenor's contract with Sadler's Wells. For the next ten years, after making his debut as 'Rudolfo' in Giocomo Puccini's opera "La Boheme" at the London Coliseum Theatre, (the new home for the newly named English National Opera), Robin remained with the company ,performing a variety of tenor roles including 'Alfredo' in Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat), 'Alfredo Germont' in Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata", 'Turiddu' in Pietro Mascagni's opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" and 'Des Grieux' in Jules Massenet's opera "Manon" to name a few.
In September 1973, Robin returned to Australia to perform in The Australian Opera's production of Sergei Prokofiev's opera "War and Peace" and to sing the role of 'Rinuccio' in Giacomo Puccini's opera "Gianni Schicchi", for the opening of the Sydney Opera House.
After returning to England to fulfill contracts with The Welsh National Opera Company, performing 'Rudolfo' in "La Boheme" with soprano Dame Josephine Barstow and with the English National Opera performing the role of 'Des Grieux' in "Manon" with soprano Valerie Masterson and conducted by Charles Mackerras, Robin again returned to Australia to join The Australian Opera Company. Here he repeated performances of many of the roles that he had performed in England with the English National Opera, including the role of 'Tamino' in "The Magic Flute" conducted by Richard Bonynage.
Interestingly, the occasion of Robin's first two audition arias of 'O Lovliness Beyond Compare' and 'The Prayer - Almighty Lord', was the only time that Robin ever auditioned for an opera or for an opera company throughout the rest of his operatic career.
In 1965 at the old Sadler's Wells Opera Company's Rosebery Avenue Theatre stage in London, Australian tenor ROBIN DONALD travelled to London to audition for the company at the invitation of Stephen Arlen, the then Managing Director of Sadler's Wells. Robin had been invited to audition following corresponding with and sending numerous tape recordings of his singing to the company earlier that year.
For the audition, Robin chose to sing 'Tamino's' first act aria 'O Lovliness Beyond Compare' (Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schön), from "The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and 'The Prayer - Almighty Lord' (O Souverain O Juge O Pere) from Jules Massenet's opera "Le Cid".
The result of this audition won for Robin, a five years major principal tenor's contract with Sadler's Wells. For the next ten years, after making his debut as 'Rudolfo' in Giocomo Puccini's opera "La Boheme" at the London Coliseum Theatre, (the new home for the newly named English National Opera), Robin remained with the company ,performing a variety of tenor roles including 'Alfredo' in Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat), 'Alfredo Germont' in Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata", 'Turiddu' in Pietro Mascagni's opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" and 'Des Grieux' in Jules Massenet's opera "Manon" to name a few.
In September 1973, Robin returned to Australia to perform in The Australian Opera's production of Sergei Prokofiev's opera "War and Peace" and to sing the role of 'Rinuccio' in Giacomo Puccini's opera "Gianni Schicchi", for the opening of the Sydney Opera House.
After returning to England to fulfill contracts with The Welsh National Opera Company, performing 'Rudolfo' in "La Boheme" with soprano Dame Josephine Barstow and with the English National Opera performing the role of 'Des Grieux' in "Manon" with soprano Valerie Masterson and conducted by Charles Mackerras, Robin again returned to Australia to join The Australian Opera Company. Here he repeated performances of many of the roles that he had performed in England with the English National Opera, including the role of 'Tamino' in "The Magic Flute" conducted by Richard Bonynage.
Interestingly, the occasion of Robin's first two audition arias of 'O Lovliness Beyond Compare' and 'The Prayer - Almighty Lord', was the only time that Robin ever auditioned for an opera or for an opera company throughout the rest of his operatic career.
Trio and Finale from Le Comte Ory. Live recording (in English) from Sadlers Wells 1963.
Count Ory - Alexander Young
Countess Adèle -Elizabeth Harwood
Isolier -...
Trio and Finale from Le Comte Ory. Live recording (in English) from Sadlers Wells 1963.
Count Ory - Alexander Young
Countess Adèle -Elizabeth Harwood
Isolier - Patricia Kern
Conducted by Bryan Balkwill
This recording shows what a golden era Sadlers Wells enjoyed in the 50's and 60's! Interesting to consider that the Metropolitan Opera in New York only staged this opera for the first time in 2011!!
You can read more about Alexander Young in my other videos that I have posted.
Elizabeth Harwood (27 May 1938 -- 21 June 1990) was an English lyric soprano. After studies at the Royal Manchester College of Music she enjoyed an operatic career lasting for over two decades and worked with such conductors as Colin Davis and Herbert von Karajan. She was one of the few English singers of her generation to be invited to sing in productions at the Salzburg Festival and La Scala, Milan, as well as at the Metropolitan Opera.
After early performances at Glyndebourne and five years at Sadler's Wells Opera Company in the 1960s, Harwood sang at Covent Garden and Scottish Opera before building an international reputation in the 1970s. Her life and career was tragically cut short by cancer at the age of 52.
Patricia Kern (born July 4, 1927) is a British mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. She was born in Swansea, Wales.
From 1949 to 1952 she studied with Gwynn Parry Jones at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. She began her career with Opera for All (1952--5). In 1959 she joined Sadler's Wells, making her début in Rusalka (opera); for ten seasons she was a member of the company, her most notable achievement being her interpretations of La Cenerentola, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Isolier (Le comte Ory) and Isabella (L'italiana in Algeri). Her other roles included Iolanthe, Hänsel, Cherubino, Pippo (in Rossini's La gazza ladra), and Josephine in the première of Malcolm Williamson's The Violins of St Jacques (1966). She made her Covent Garden début in 1967 as Zerlina. Her American début was at Washington, DC, in 1969 and in 1987 she sang Marcellina in Chicago.
Trio and Finale from Le Comte Ory. Live recording (in English) from Sadlers Wells 1963.
Count Ory - Alexander Young
Countess Adèle -Elizabeth Harwood
Isolier - Patricia Kern
Conducted by Bryan Balkwill
This recording shows what a golden era Sadlers Wells enjoyed in the 50's and 60's! Interesting to consider that the Metropolitan Opera in New York only staged this opera for the first time in 2011!!
You can read more about Alexander Young in my other videos that I have posted.
Elizabeth Harwood (27 May 1938 -- 21 June 1990) was an English lyric soprano. After studies at the Royal Manchester College of Music she enjoyed an operatic career lasting for over two decades and worked with such conductors as Colin Davis and Herbert von Karajan. She was one of the few English singers of her generation to be invited to sing in productions at the Salzburg Festival and La Scala, Milan, as well as at the Metropolitan Opera.
After early performances at Glyndebourne and five years at Sadler's Wells Opera Company in the 1960s, Harwood sang at Covent Garden and Scottish Opera before building an international reputation in the 1970s. Her life and career was tragically cut short by cancer at the age of 52.
Patricia Kern (born July 4, 1927) is a British mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. She was born in Swansea, Wales.
From 1949 to 1952 she studied with Gwynn Parry Jones at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. She began her career with Opera for All (1952--5). In 1959 she joined Sadler's Wells, making her début in Rusalka (opera); for ten seasons she was a member of the company, her most notable achievement being her interpretations of La Cenerentola, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Isolier (Le comte Ory) and Isabella (L'italiana in Algeri). Her other roles included Iolanthe, Hänsel, Cherubino, Pippo (in Rossini's La gazza ladra), and Josephine in the première of Malcolm Williamson's The Violins of St Jacques (1966). She made her Covent Garden début in 1967 as Zerlina. Her American début was at Washington, DC, in 1969 and in 1987 she sang Marcellina in Chicago.
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Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts present Dancing Nation, a day-long festival of world-class dance available from Thursday 28 January 2021.
Featuring new works and au...
Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts present Dancing Nation, a day-long festival of world-class dance available from Thursday 28 January 2021.
Featuring new works and audience favourites from big-name artists and breakthrough talent in ballet, contemporary and hip-hop dance styles. Plus, go behind the scenes with celebrated broadcaster and Dancing Nation host Brenda Emmanus.
Programme includes:
Akram Khan
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Boy Blue
Breakin’ Convention
Candoco Dance Company
English National Ballet
Far From The Norm
HUMANHOOD
Matsena Productions
Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures
Natalia Osipova
Northern Ballet
Oona Doherty
Rambert
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
*How to watch*
Dancing Nation will be available to watch in three hour-long programmes from Thursday 28 January, 12pm (noon) GMT for 30 days. UK viewers can watch via BBC iPlayer only, and audiences outside the UK can watch from the Sadler's Wells website: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2021/dancing-nation/
Sign up for an email and/or SMS alert and we'll send you further information about what’s happening and when, a free digital programme, and notify you when Dancing Nation is available to watch: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2021/dancing-nation/
***Note: Dancing Nation was due to be broadcast live from Sadler’s Wells on 14 January 2021. Following the UK government’s announcement that England has now entered lockdown, Dancing Nation has been pre-recorded, following UK government Covid-security guidance, and will be available to watch from Thursday 28 January.***
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Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts present Dancing Nation, a day-long festival of world-class dance available from Thursday 28 January 2021.
Featuring new works and audience favourites from big-name artists and breakthrough talent in ballet, contemporary and hip-hop dance styles. Plus, go behind the scenes with celebrated broadcaster and Dancing Nation host Brenda Emmanus.
Programme includes:
Akram Khan
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Boy Blue
Breakin’ Convention
Candoco Dance Company
English National Ballet
Far From The Norm
HUMANHOOD
Matsena Productions
Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures
Natalia Osipova
Northern Ballet
Oona Doherty
Rambert
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
*How to watch*
Dancing Nation will be available to watch in three hour-long programmes from Thursday 28 January, 12pm (noon) GMT for 30 days. UK viewers can watch via BBC iPlayer only, and audiences outside the UK can watch from the Sadler's Wells website: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2021/dancing-nation/
Sign up for an email and/or SMS alert and we'll send you further information about what’s happening and when, a free digital programme, and notify you when Dancing Nation is available to watch: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2021/dancing-nation/
***Note: Dancing Nation was due to be broadcast live from Sadler’s Wells on 14 January 2021. Following the UK government’s announcement that England has now entered lockdown, Dancing Nation has been pre-recorded, following UK government Covid-security guidance, and will be available to watch from Thursday 28 January.***
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Company Wayne McGregor / Paris Opera Ballet
Tree of Codes
4 - 11 March 2017
Read more: https://goo.gl/aOAS0X
Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor’s...
Company Wayne McGregor / Paris Opera Ballet
Tree of Codes
4 - 11 March 2017
Read more: https://goo.gl/aOAS0X
Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor’s much anticipated Tree of Codes finally comes to London following huge critical acclaim at Manchester International Festival in 2015.
15 dancers, from The Paris Opera Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor explore Olafur Eliasson’s visual concept, which mirrors the sculptural aspects of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book of the same name.
The piece is co-created by Wayne McGregor, Olafur Eliasson and Jamie xx.
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Company Wayne McGregor / Paris Opera Ballet
Tree of Codes
4 - 11 March 2017
Read more: https://goo.gl/aOAS0X
Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor’s much anticipated Tree of Codes finally comes to London following huge critical acclaim at Manchester International Festival in 2015.
15 dancers, from The Paris Opera Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor explore Olafur Eliasson’s visual concept, which mirrors the sculptural aspects of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book of the same name.
The piece is co-created by Wayne McGregor, Olafur Eliasson and Jamie xx.
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Gilbert & Sullivan.John Ayldon & Meston Reid
This was taken from a documentary on the anniversary of The Sadlers Wells company, I didn't get the full programme,...
Gilbert & Sullivan.John Ayldon & Meston Reid
This was taken from a documentary on the anniversary of The Sadlers Wells company, I didn't get the full programme, just turned the TV on one afternoon, saw it on & copied ,& to my surprise John Alydon & Meston Reid contributing for D'Oyly Carte. So I would suspect it was before 1981.
I just noticed in the finale on stage , Thomas Round to the right and Denis Dowling.
Gilbert & Sullivan.John Ayldon & Meston Reid
This was taken from a documentary on the anniversary of The Sadlers Wells company, I didn't get the full programme, just turned the TV on one afternoon, saw it on & copied ,& to my surprise John Alydon & Meston Reid contributing for D'Oyly Carte. So I would suspect it was before 1981.
I just noticed in the finale on stage , Thomas Round to the right and Denis Dowling.
A BBC telecast from January 23, 1964 of Offenbach's opéra bouffe "La belle Hélène" in an English version by Geoffrey Dunn and presented by the Sadler's Wells Opera with John Matheson, conductor. The cast features Joyce Blackham (Helen); Kevin Miller (Paris); Derek Hammond-Stroud (Calchas); John Fryatt (Menelaus); John Heddle Nash (Agamemnon); Patricia Kern (Orestes); and John Caolan (Achilles). The entire cast is listed in the credits at the end of this video.
In 1965 at the old Sadler's Wells Opera Company's Rosebery Avenue Theatre stage in London, Australian tenor ROBIN DONALD travelled to London to audition for the company at the invitation of Stephen Arlen, the then Managing Director of Sadler's Wells. Robin had been invited to audition following corresponding with and sending numerous tape recordings of his singing to the company earlier that year.
For the audition, Robin chose to sing 'Tamino's' first act aria 'O Lovliness Beyond Compare' (Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schön), from "The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and 'The Prayer - Almighty Lord' (O Souverain O Juge O Pere) from Jules Massenet's opera "Le Cid".
The result of this audition won for Robin, a five years major principal tenor's contract with Sadler's Wells. For the next ten years, after making his debut as 'Rudolfo' in Giocomo Puccini's opera "La Boheme" at the London Coliseum Theatre, (the new home for the newly named English National Opera), Robin remained with the company ,performing a variety of tenor roles including 'Alfredo' in Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat), 'Alfredo Germont' in Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata", 'Turiddu' in Pietro Mascagni's opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" and 'Des Grieux' in Jules Massenet's opera "Manon" to name a few.
In September 1973, Robin returned to Australia to perform in The Australian Opera's production of Sergei Prokofiev's opera "War and Peace" and to sing the role of 'Rinuccio' in Giacomo Puccini's opera "Gianni Schicchi", for the opening of the Sydney Opera House.
After returning to England to fulfill contracts with The Welsh National Opera Company, performing 'Rudolfo' in "La Boheme" with soprano Dame Josephine Barstow and with the English National Opera performing the role of 'Des Grieux' in "Manon" with soprano Valerie Masterson and conducted by Charles Mackerras, Robin again returned to Australia to join The Australian Opera Company. Here he repeated performances of many of the roles that he had performed in England with the English National Opera, including the role of 'Tamino' in "The Magic Flute" conducted by Richard Bonynage.
Interestingly, the occasion of Robin's first two audition arias of 'O Lovliness Beyond Compare' and 'The Prayer - Almighty Lord', was the only time that Robin ever auditioned for an opera or for an opera company throughout the rest of his operatic career.
Trio and Finale from Le Comte Ory. Live recording (in English) from Sadlers Wells 1963.
Count Ory - Alexander Young
Countess Adèle -Elizabeth Harwood
Isolier - Patricia Kern
Conducted by Bryan Balkwill
This recording shows what a golden era Sadlers Wells enjoyed in the 50's and 60's! Interesting to consider that the Metropolitan Opera in New York only staged this opera for the first time in 2011!!
You can read more about Alexander Young in my other videos that I have posted.
Elizabeth Harwood (27 May 1938 -- 21 June 1990) was an English lyric soprano. After studies at the Royal Manchester College of Music she enjoyed an operatic career lasting for over two decades and worked with such conductors as Colin Davis and Herbert von Karajan. She was one of the few English singers of her generation to be invited to sing in productions at the Salzburg Festival and La Scala, Milan, as well as at the Metropolitan Opera.
After early performances at Glyndebourne and five years at Sadler's Wells Opera Company in the 1960s, Harwood sang at Covent Garden and Scottish Opera before building an international reputation in the 1970s. Her life and career was tragically cut short by cancer at the age of 52.
Patricia Kern (born July 4, 1927) is a British mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. She was born in Swansea, Wales.
From 1949 to 1952 she studied with Gwynn Parry Jones at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. She began her career with Opera for All (1952--5). In 1959 she joined Sadler's Wells, making her début in Rusalka (opera); for ten seasons she was a member of the company, her most notable achievement being her interpretations of La Cenerentola, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Isolier (Le comte Ory) and Isabella (L'italiana in Algeri). Her other roles included Iolanthe, Hänsel, Cherubino, Pippo (in Rossini's La gazza ladra), and Josephine in the première of Malcolm Williamson's The Violins of St Jacques (1966). She made her Covent Garden début in 1967 as Zerlina. Her American début was at Washington, DC, in 1969 and in 1987 she sang Marcellina in Chicago.
Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts present Dancing Nation, a day-long festival of world-class dance available from Thursday 28 January 2021.
Featuring new works and audience favourites from big-name artists and breakthrough talent in ballet, contemporary and hip-hop dance styles. Plus, go behind the scenes with celebrated broadcaster and Dancing Nation host Brenda Emmanus.
Programme includes:
Akram Khan
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Boy Blue
Breakin’ Convention
Candoco Dance Company
English National Ballet
Far From The Norm
HUMANHOOD
Matsena Productions
Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures
Natalia Osipova
Northern Ballet
Oona Doherty
Rambert
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
*How to watch*
Dancing Nation will be available to watch in three hour-long programmes from Thursday 28 January, 12pm (noon) GMT for 30 days. UK viewers can watch via BBC iPlayer only, and audiences outside the UK can watch from the Sadler's Wells website: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2021/dancing-nation/
Sign up for an email and/or SMS alert and we'll send you further information about what’s happening and when, a free digital programme, and notify you when Dancing Nation is available to watch: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2021/dancing-nation/
***Note: Dancing Nation was due to be broadcast live from Sadler’s Wells on 14 January 2021. Following the UK government’s announcement that England has now entered lockdown, Dancing Nation has been pre-recorded, following UK government Covid-security guidance, and will be available to watch from Thursday 28 January.***
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Company Wayne McGregor / Paris Opera Ballet
Tree of Codes
4 - 11 March 2017
Read more: https://goo.gl/aOAS0X
Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor’s much anticipated Tree of Codes finally comes to London following huge critical acclaim at Manchester International Festival in 2015.
15 dancers, from The Paris Opera Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor explore Olafur Eliasson’s visual concept, which mirrors the sculptural aspects of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book of the same name.
The piece is co-created by Wayne McGregor, Olafur Eliasson and Jamie xx.
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Gilbert & Sullivan.John Ayldon & Meston Reid
This was taken from a documentary on the anniversary of The Sadlers Wells company, I didn't get the full programme, just turned the TV on one afternoon, saw it on & copied ,& to my surprise John Alydon & Meston Reid contributing for D'Oyly Carte. So I would suspect it was before 1981.
I just noticed in the finale on stage , Thomas Round to the right and Denis Dowling.
English National Opera (ENO) is an opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St. Martin's Lane. It is one of the two principal opera companies in London, along with The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. ENO's productions are sung in English.
The company's origins were in the late 19th century, when the philanthropist Emma Cons, later assisted by her niece Lilian Baylis, presented theatrical and operatic performances at the Old Vic in a rough area of London for the benefit of local people. From those beginnings, Baylis built up both the opera and the theatre companies, and later added a ballet company; these evolved into the ENO, the Royal National Theatre and The Royal Ballet.
Baylis acquired and rebuilt Sadler's Wells theatre in north London, a larger house, better suited to opera than the Old Vic. The opera company grew there into a permanent ensemble in the 1930s. During the Second World War, the theatre was closed and the company toured British towns and cities. After the war, the company returned to its home, but it continued to expand and improve, and by the 1960s a larger theatre was needed. In 1968, the company moved to the London Coliseum in the heart of London and adopted its present name in 1974. The company has survived several proposals to merge it with The Royal Opera.