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ReferencePG/1952/0106

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Britten Now that Great Bear and Pleiades (from Peter Grimes), Lullaby and Tarquinius (from The Rape of Lucretia), Epilogue (from Billy Budd), Songs and duets (from The Beggar's Opera), Odeon Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Date6 Jan 1952

DescriptionProgramme for an English Opera Group Operatic Concert organised by the Southend-on-Sea Music Club at the Odean Theatre in Southend-on-Sea. Joan Cross (soprano), Pears (tenor), Otakar Kraus (baritone) and Britten (piano) performed works by Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and Britten. The concert was introduced by the Earl of Harewood. The programme contains informating about forthcoming Odeon concerts and other events in Southend-on-Sea, a Review of the English Opera Group Season (by Basil Douglas), a photograph of Cross, Britten and Pears on tour in Scandinavia, and an invitation to assist the EOG. Programme price 6 pence.

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