Orchestra and Chorus of the Covent Garden Opera
The Orchestra and Chorus of the Covent Garden Opera were the orchestral and choral forces of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Covent Garden is one of Britain’s principal opera houses and has been central to London operatic life.
The wording reflects an older or alternative form of the institution’s performing forces.
CHERUBINI Medea
Live recording, 30 June 1959, Royal Opera House, London
Producer and XR Remastering: Andrew Rose
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Maria Callas and Jon Vickers
as Medea and Giasone in the 1959 Royal Opera House production
Total duration: 2hr 14:22
Medea - Maria Callas
Giasone- Jon Vickers
Glauce - Joan Carlyle
Neris - Fiorenza Cossotto
Creonte - Nicola Zaccaria
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Covent Garden Opera
Nicola Rescigno, conductor
VERDI Falstaff
Live performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 8:13
Geraint Evans Sir John Falstaff
Robert Bowman Bardolph
Michael Langdon Pistol
Regina Resnik Mistress Quickly
Mirella Freni Anne Ford
Luigi Alva Fenton
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Covent Garden Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
MUSSORGSKY Boris Godunov
Recorded live in London, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 34:04
Boris - Boris Christoff
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Covent Garden Opera
Reginald Goodall, conductor
WALTON Troilus and Cressida (original version)
Live recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 18:27
Richard Lewis, Troilus
Magda Laszlo, Cressida
Frederick Dalberg, Calkas
Geraint Evans, Antenor
Peter Pears, Pandarus
Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier
Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 3hr 16:56
Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Böhme
Octavian - Sena Jurinac
Herr von Faninal - Ronald Lewis
Sophie, his daughter - Hanny Steffek
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Georg Solti
PUCCINI Tosca
Recorded live in London, 30 June 1955
Total duration: 1hr 50:15
Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi
Mario Cavaradossi - Ferruccio Tagliavini
Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi
Cesare Angelotti - Michael Langdon
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Covent Garden Opera
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor