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Rigoletto (1947)

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Opera: Production details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Production premiere: 29 August 1947
Producer: Julius Gellner
Set designer: James Bailey
Choreographer: Joy Newton
Credit reads 'Dances arranged by Joy Newton'.
Revival choreographer: John Cranko
Act I dances for January 1954 revival, used in revivals November 1954-1962
Revival rehearsed by: Ande Anderson
(revivals in 1961 and 1962)
Notes: This production used costumes from before World War II.
Performances
29 August 1947 Evening Theatre Royal, Glasgow
31 October 1947 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
14 October 1948 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
8 October 1949 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 November 1950 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
28 November 1950 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
15 January 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
23 January 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
27 January 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
31 January 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
16 February 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
28 May 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
13 June 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
30 October 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
3 November 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
13 November 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
17 November 1951 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
14 June 1952 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
19 June 1952 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
24 June 1952 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
12 December 1952 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
16 December 1952 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
19 December 1952 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
27 December 1952 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
31 December 1952 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 November 1954 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
7 July 1956 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
8 May 1957 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 February 1958 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 April 1961 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
30 March 1962 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London