This satin programme was produced for a performance of Raymond Rôze's opera Joan of Arc, part of the Raymond Rôze English Opera Season 1913, in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary at London's Royal Opera House Covent Garden, 13 December 1913. The opera had been produced in a concert version in November and reviewed in <i>The Musical Times</i>, 1 December 1913.
Joan of Arc was played by Lillian Granfelt, Jacques her father by Norman Williams, Durand Lazard her uncle by Furness Williams, Charles VII by Henry Rabke, Gerald Machet the Confessor to Charles VII by Manitto Klitgaard, Regnault de Chartres Archbishop of Rheims and the Chancellor by Cormac O'Shane, Estienne de Vignolles by Edward Ramsay, the Earl of Dunois, or the Bastard of Rheims by Lissant-Beardmore, Phillip, Duke of Burgundy by Harry Reynolds, Isabeau de Baviere the Queen Mother by Dora Gibson, an English Soldier by Julian Kimbell, Raymond by Violet Hume, De La Tremouille the Prime Minister by Edward Delfosse, the Jester by Allan Glen, the Ghost by Henry Burnand and the Voices by Maisie Scott, Ethel Duthoit, Florence Ludwig and Millicent Cane. The Premiere Danseuse was the Danish dancer Madame Karina, the Premier Danseur Roberty assisted by Major Neville and Gwen Gauntlett, and Edouard Espinosa was the Maître de Ballet. The opera was produced and conducted by the composer, and the soloist of the National Anthem sung by the whole company at the end of the evening was May Storia. The costumes were designed by Percy Anderson, the scenery was by F.L. Lyndhurst and the Master of Ceremonial Ecclesiology and Heraldry was G. Ambrose Lee, York Herald of Arms.
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This satin programme was produced for a performance of Raymond Rôze's opera Joan of Arc, part of the Raymond Rôze English Opera Season 1913, in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary at London's Royal Opera House Covent Garden, 13 December 1913. The opera had been produced in a concert version in November and reviewed in <i>The Musical Times</i>, 1 December 1913.
Joan of Arc was played by Lillian Granfelt, Jacques her father by Norman Williams, Durand Lazard her uncle by Furness Williams, Charles VII by Henry Rabke, Gerald Machet the Confessor to Charles VII by Manitto Klitgaard, Regnault de Chartres Archbishop of Rheims and the Chancellor by Cormac O'Shane, Estienne de Vignolles by Edward Ramsay, the Earl of Dunois, or the Bastard of Rheims by Lissant-Beardmore, Phillip, Duke of Burgundy by Harry Reynolds, Isabeau de Baviere the Queen Mother by Dora Gibson, an English Soldier by Julian Kimbell, Raymond by Violet Hume, De La Tremouille the Prime Minister by Edward Delfosse, the Jester by Allan Glen, the Ghost by Henry Burnand and the Voices by Maisie Scott, Ethel Duthoit, Florence Ludwig and Millicent Cane. The Premiere Danseuse was the Danish dancer Madame Karina, the Premier Danseur Roberty assisted by Major Neville and Gwen Gauntlett, and Edouard Espinosa was the Maître de Ballet. The opera was produced and conducted by the composer, and the soloist of the National Anthem sung by the whole company at the end of the evening was May Storia. The costumes were designed by Percy Anderson, the scenery was by F.L. Lyndhurst and the Master of Ceremonial Ecclesiology and Heraldry was G. Ambrose Lee, York Herald of Arms.