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Last Updated: 1/11/24
 

Past Performances by COG by Opera

Year Opera Composer Conductor
2011 "A Bear of Two Cities"- Lord Mayor's Appeal concert at Guildhall Verdi/Puccini/Donizetti Andrew Greenwood
2014 "Powerful Women"- Lord Mayor's Appeal concert at Guildhall (various composers) Gianluca Marcianò
2000 50th Birthday Concert Various Various
1985 A Child of Our Time (Salisbury) Tippett Richard Seal
2004 A Life for the Tsar Glinka Alexander Walker
1988 A Sea Symphony (Salisbury) Vaughan-Williams Richard Seal
1991 A Sea Symphony at Chichester Festival RVW Nicholas Braithwaite
2017 A Sea Symphony/Lady Radnor Suite V-Williams/Parry David Halls
2022 A Sea Symphony/The Wasps (Salisbury) Vaughan-Williams David Halls
2009 Adriana Lecouvreur Cilèa Andrew Greenwood
1968 Aida Verdi Nicholas Braithwaite
1976 Aida Verdi John Matheson
1983 Alceste Gluck Laszlo Heltay
2009 Alceste Gluck Nicholas Collon
2013 Alzira Verdi Gianluca Marcianò
2004 Andrea Chénier Giordano Brad Cohen
2022 Andrea Chénier Giordano Gianluca Marcianò
2002 Anna Bolena Donizetti Brad Cohen
1993 Aroldo Verdi Edward Downes
2006 Attila Verdi Andrew Greenwood
2001 B Minor Mass (Salisbury) Bach David Halls
1994 B Minor Mass (Salisbury) Bach David Halls
2002 Bar Musical Society 50th Anniversary Concert Operatic selections Christopher Fifield
2007 Beatrice di Tenda Bellini Brad Cohen
2011 Béatrice et Bénédict Berlioz Nicholas Collon
1981 Béatrice et Bénédict Berlioz Stephen Barlow
1963 Béatrice et Bénédict (Chorus with LSO) Berlioz Colin Davis
2011 Belisario Donizetti Richard Bonynge
1989 Belshazzar's Feast/Symphony of Psalms/Pictures at an Exhibition Walton/Stravinsky/Mussorgsky Richard Seal
1965 Benvenuto Cellini Berlioz Colin Davis
1993 Benvenuto Cellini Berlioz Adrian Brown
1979 Benvenuto Cellini Berlioz Roger Norrington
1992 Berlioz Te Deum + other works (Salisbury) Berlioz/Dyson/Britten David Halls
1965 Bluebeard Offenbach James Robertson
1972 Bluebeard's Castle/Psalmus Hungaricus Bartok/Kodaly Roderick Brydon
1968 Boris Godunov Moussorgsky Nicholas Braithwaite
1987 Boris Godunov Mussorsky Nicholas Braithwaite
2003 Cantata 140/Benedictus (Salisbury) Bach/Blake David Halls
2024 Capriccio sinfonico Puccini Peter Robinson
1980 Carmen Bizet Roger Norrington
1961 Carmen Bizet Maurits Sillem
2008 Cendrillon Massenet Dominic Wheeler
1972 Choral Concert Bach/Walton/Schubert Alan Reddish
1973 Choral Symphony Beethoven John Matheson
1967 Choral Symphony Beethoven Leopold Stokowsky
1991 Choral Symphony (Salisbury) Beethoven Richard Seal
2017 Christmas Eve Rimsky Korsakov Timothy Burke
1986 Christmas Oratorio (Salisbury) Bach Richard Seal
1995 Christmas Oratorio (Salisbury) Bach David Halls
2007 Christmas Oratorio Parts 1-3 (Salisbury) Bach David Halls
1971 Concert Beethoven Patrick Thomas
1977 Concert Berlioz & Verdi Howard Williams
2000 Concert (Salisbury) Bax/Rachmaninov David Halls
1981 Concert (Salisbury) Belshazzar/Verdi Richard Seal
1987 Concert (Salisbury) Elgar/Bruch/Poulenc Richard Seal
1979 Concert (Salisbury) Elgar/Holst/Bruckner Richard Seal
2002 Concert (Salisbury) Janacek/Poulenc David Halls
1996 Concert (Salisbury) RVW/Delius/Matthias David Halls
1998 Concert (Salisbury) Tippett/RVW/Arnold David Halls
1997 Concert (Salisbury) Walton/Delius/Britten David Halls
1993 Concert at Salisbury RVW/Elgar/Finzi/Britten David Halls
1953 Così fan tutte Mozart Colin Davis
1951 Così fan tutte Mozart Colin Davis
1957 Così Fan Tutte Mozart Leon Lovett
1961 Così Fan Tutte Mozart Brian Priestman
1967 Così Fan Tutte Mozart John Eliot Gardiner
2014 Cristina, regina di Svezia Foroni Andrew Greenwood
1990 Daphne Strauss Norman Del Mar
1975 Daphnis et Chloé/L'Enfant et Les Sortileges Ravel Roderick Brydon
2015 Das Liebesverbot Wagner Anthony Negus
1996 Der Fliegende Holländer Wagner Martyn Brabbins
1970 Der Fliegende Holländer Wagner Nicholas Braithwaite
1959 Der Fliegende Holländer Wagner Maurits Sillem
1954 Der Freischütz Weber Colin Davis
1997 Der Freischütz Weber Graham Jackson
1962 Der Freischütz Weber James Loughran
1966 Die Entführung Mozart Nicholas Braithwaite
1958 Die Entführung Mozart Bernard Keefe
1951 Die Entführung Mozart Colin Davis
1951 Die Entführung Mozart Colin Davis
2013 Die Feen Wagner Dominic Wheeler
1967 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.Act 3 Wagner Nicholas Braithwaite
1960 Die Zauberflöte Mozart Brian Priestman
1973 Die Zauberflöte Mozart Andrew Davis
1957 Die Zauberflöte Mozart Colin Davis
1951 Die Zauberflöte Mozart Colin Davis
1954 Die Zauberflöte Mozart Colin Davis
1971 Don Carlos Verdi John Matheson
1964 Don Giovanni Mozart John Matheson
1950 Don Giovanni Mozart Colin Davis
1950 Don Giovanni Mozart Colin Davis
1953 Don Giovanni Mozart Colin Davis
1956 Don Giovanni Mozart Colin Davis
1960 Don Giovanni Mozart Brian Priestman
2000 Don Giovanni (Veterans party at Pigotts) Mozart Colin Davis
1958 Don Giovanni (with professional orch) Mozart Colin Davis
1997 Don John of Austria Nathan Alex Briger
2012 Don Quichotte Massenet Renato Balsadonna
1999 Edgar Puccini Andrew Greenwood
2005 Elijah (Salisbury) Mendelssohn David Halls
1978 Enigma Variations & Sea Symphony (Salisbury) Elgar/RVW Richard Seal
2004 Ermione Rossini Dominic Wheeler
2015 Ernani Verdi Robin Newton
1990 Ernani Verdi Howard Williams
1998 Esclarmonde Massenet Howard Williams
1974 Eugene Onegin Tchaikowsky Nicholas Braithwaite
1966 Eugene Onegin Tchaikowsky Guy Woolfenden
2013 Euryanthe Weber Cameron Burns
1969 Euryanthe Weber Nicholas Braithwaite
1964 Falstaff Verdi Guy Woolfenden
1956 Falstaff Verdi Colin Davis
1972 Falstaff Verdi Nicholas Braithwaite
2006 Fantasia & Fugue in C minor/War Requiem (Salisbury) Elgar/Britten David Halls
1978 Feuersnot & Drei Hymnen Strauss Nicholas Braithwaite
2000 Feuersnot & Drei Hymnen Strauss Adrian Brown
1975 Fidelio Beethoven Colin Davis
1963 Fidelio Beethoven James Loughran
1953 Fidelio Beethoven Colin Davis
1955 Fidelio Beethoven Colin Davis
1985 Four Sacred Pieces & other works Verdi Andrew Parrott
1994 Francesca da Rimini Zandonai Nicholas Braithwaite
1985 Friedenstag & 4 Last Songs Strauss Nicholas Cleobury
2008 Froissart/Belshazzar's Feast/Gloria (Salisbury) Elgar/Walton/Poulenc David Halls
1988 Gala Evening of Italian Opera Various Antony Shelley
1989 Gala Evening of Romantic operaat Chichester Festival Various Grant Llewellyn
2005 Giovanna d'Arco Verdi Dominic Wheeler
2010 Gloria/Fantasia on Christmas Carols/The Music Makers (Salisbury) Rutter/V-Williams/Elgar David Halls
1983 Gloriana Britten Nicholas Cleobury
1966 Grande Messe des Morts Berlioz Colin Davis
1969 Grande Messe des Morts (Chorus at Prom) Berlioz
1969 Grande Messe des Morts (Chorus at St. Paul's Cathedral) Berlioz
1964 Grande Messe des Morts (Chorus in St.Paul's) Berlioz Colin Davis
1990 Grande Messe des Morts (Chorus with other choirs) Berlioz Adrian Brown
1999 Grande Messe des Morts (Salisbury) Berlioz David Halls
1970 Guillaume Tell Rossini John Matheson
2010 Guillaume Tell Rossini Dominic Wheeler
1996 Gwendoline Chabrier Andrew Greenwood
2001 Hamlet Thomas Howard Williams
1985 Hercules Handel Brian Wright
1991 Hérodiade Massenet Michael Lloyd
1987 Hymnus Paradisi/The Bells Howells/Rachmaninov Richard Seal
2014 I Capuleti e i Montecchi Bellini Robin Newton
2024
I due Foscari Verdi Matthew Kofi Waldren
2001 I Lombardi Verdi Brad Cohen
2006 I puritani Bellini Dominic Wheeler
1968 Idomeneo Mozart Roger Norrington
2006 Idomeneo Mozart Felix Krieger
1980 Idomeneo Mozart Richard Hickox
1955 Idomeneo Mozart Colin Davis
1962 Idomeneo Mozart Meredith Davies
1963 Il Barbiere di Siviglia Rossini Meredith Davies
1998 Il Guarany Gomes Michael Lloyd
2001 Il Pirata Bellini Brad Cohen
2016 Il trovatore Verdi Andrew Greenwood
1971 Iphigénie en Tauride Gluck Christopher Seaman
1996 Iris Mascagni Howard Williams
1987 Ivan IV Bizet Howard Williams
1978 Jenufa Janacek Mark Elder
1997 Jérusalem Verdi Andrew Greenwood
1971 Khovanschchina Mussorgsky Roderick Brydon
1995 Koanga Delius David Lloyd-Jones
1995 La Battaglia di Legnano Verdi Grant Llewellyn
1976 La Clemenza di Tito Mozart James Judd
2023 La Clemenza di Tito Mozart Paul Wingfield
1958 La Dame Blanche Boieldieu Bryan Balkwill
1978 La Damnation de Faust Berlioz John Matheson
1969 La Damnation de Faust Berlioz John Matheson
1962 La Damnation de Faust Berlioz Colin Davis
1958 La Damnation de Faust Berlioz Meredith Davies
1962 La Damnation de Faust (Chorus with LSO at Prom) Berlioz Colin Davis
2008 La favorite Donizetti Gianluca Marcianò
1972 La Fille de Mme Angot Lecocq James Robertson
2012 La forza del destino Verdi Robin Newton
1966 La Forza del Destino Verdi Nicholas Braithwaite
1986 La Forza del Destino Verdi Nicholas Cleobury
1959 La Forza del Destino Verdi Maurits Sillem
1988 La Gioconda Ponchielli Antony Shelley
2007 La jolie fille de Perth Bizet Dominic Wheeler
1961 La Périchole Offenbach James Robertson
1991 La Rondine Puccini Adrian Brown
2010 La traviata Verdi Gianluca Marcianò
1988 La Vestale Spontini Adrian Brown
2003 La Wally Catalani David Lloyd-Jones
1984 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Shostakovich Howard Williams
2002 Lakmé Delibes Howard Williams
2024 Lakmé Delibes Matthew Scott Rogers
1964 L'Arlesienne Bizet James Robertson
2016 Le comte Ory Rossini Toby Purser
1965 Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart Roger Norrington
1958 Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart Bernard Keefe
1956 Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart Colin Davis
1951 Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart Colin Davis
1950 Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart Colin Davis
2015 Le roi de Lahore Massenet Renato Balsadonna
1992 Le Roi Malgré Lui Chabrier Michael Lloyd
1994 Le Rossignol/ Djamileh Stravinsky/Bizet Michael Lloyd
1992 Le Siège de Corinthe Rossini Howard Williams
2005 Le Villi/Cavalleria Rusticana Puccini / Mascagni Andrew Greenwood
2024 Le Villi Puccini Peter Robinson
2004 Legends/Stabat Mater (Salisbury) Dvorak David Halls
1969 L'Enfance du Christ Berlioz Roger Norrington
1970 L'Enfance du Christ Berlioz Roger Norrington
2005 Leonore Beethoven Howard Williams
2003 Les pêcheurs de perles Bizet Felix Krieger
1975 Les Pêcheurs de Perles Bizet Philip Simms
1968 Les Troyens (both parts) (Chorus with LSO at Proms) Berlioz Colin Davis
1977 Les Troyens (La Prise de Troie) Berlioz Roger Norrington
1963 Les Troyens (La Prise de Troie) Berlioz Colin Davis
1966 Les Troyens (La Prise de Troie) (Chorus with LSO) Berlioz Colin Davis
1967 Les Troyens (Les Troyens à Carthage) Berlioz Colin Davis
1964 Les Troyens (Les Troyens à  Carthage) Berlioz Colin Davis
1966 Les Troyens (Les Troyens à  Carthage) (Chorus with LSO) Berlioz Colin Davis
1978 Les Troyens(Les Troyens à  Carthage) Berlioz Roger Norrington
1977 Les Vèpres Siciliennes Verdi John Matheson
1999 Les Vèpres Siciliennes Verdi Brad Cohen
1982 L'Esule di Roma (Chorus at QEH) Donizetti Leslie Head
1970 L'Etoile Chabrier James Robertson
2003 Lucrezia Borgia Donizetti Dominic Wheeler
2000 Luisa Miller Verdi Grant Llewellyn
1984 Macbeth Verdi Antony Shelley
2008 Macbeth (1847 version) Verdi Brad Cohen
2012 Magnificat in D/Benedictus (Salisbury) Bach/Blake David Halls
2004 Magnificat/Requiem (Salisbury) Rutter/Mozart David Halls
1992 Manon Lescaut Puccini Andrew Greenwood
1981 Manon Lescaut Puccini Howard Williams
2011 Manon Lescaut Puccini Gianluca Marcianò
2012 Maria Padilla Donizetti Brad Cohen
2007 Maria Stuarda Donizetti Tecwyn Evans
2010 Mass in B minor (Salisbury) Bach David Halls
1974 Mathis der Maler Hindemith Roderick Brydon
1980 Mazeppa Tchaikowsky Mark Elder
2010 Médée Cherubini Andrew Greenwood
1990 Mefistofele Boito Andrew Greenwood
2019 Mefistofele Boito Matthew Scott Rogers
2024 Messa di Gloria Puccini Peter Robinson
2011 Messiah (Salisbury) Handel David Halls
2001 Messiah (Salisbury) Handel/Mozart David Halls
2011 Missa Solemnis (Salisbury) Beethoven David Halls
1986 Missa Solemnis (Salisbury) Beethoven Richard Seal
1972 Moïse Rossini John Matheson
2018 Mosè in Egitto Rossini Robin Newton
2003 My God and King/Grande Messe des Morts (Salisbury) Willcocks/Berlioz David Halls
2017 Nabucco Verdi Gianluca Marcianò
1989 Nabucco Verdi Grant Llewellyn
1988 Nelson Berkeley Grant Llewellyn
1990 New Zealand at Covent Garden Various Various
2018 Norma Bellini Dane Lam
1981 Oberon Weber Howard Williams
2022
Oberto Verdi Matthew Scott Rogers
1989 Onegin weekend at Wimbledon Tchaikowsky Adrian Brown
1990 Opera di Verdi at Chichester Festival Verdi Howard Williams
2023
Oprichnik Tchaikovsky James Ham
2022 Orfeo ed Euridice Gluck Gary Matthewman
1967 Otello Verdi Mario Bernardi
1982 Otello Verdi Nicholas Braithwaite
2013 Parsifal: Good Friday Music/Mass of the Children/Spring Symphony(Salisbury) Wagner/Rutter/Britten David Halls
1975 Peter Grimes Britten Nicholas Braithwaite
1997 Poliuto Donizetti Brad Cohen
1976 Porgy & Bess Gershwin Simon Rattle
1978 Porgy & Bess (Concert including excerpts from Porgy & Bess) (Chorus at RAH) Gershwin Lukas Vis
2016 Prince Igor Borodin Jessica Cottis
1986 Recording of music by Frank Bridge Bridge Howard Williams
1983 Recording Sessions Bridge Howard Williams
2000 Requiem (Salisbury) Verdi David Halls
1993 Requiem (Salisbury) Verdi David Halls
2024
Requiem (Salisbury) Verdi David Halls
2023
Requiem/Academic Festival Ov./
The Beauty of Holiness (Salisbury)
Brahms/Halls David Halls
2000 Requiem/Leonora No.3/ Choral Fantasia (Salisbury) Mozart/Beethoven David Halls
1999 Rienzi Wagner Nicholas Braithwaite
2021
Roberto Devereux Donizetti Gary Matthewman
1970 Roméo et Juliette Berlioz Roger Norrington
1961 Roméo et Juliette Berlioz Colin Davis
1982 Roméo et Juliette Berlioz Anthony Hose
1963 Roméo et Juliette (Chorus with BBCSO) Berlioz Colin Davis
1973 Russlan and Ludmilla Glinka Roderick Brydon
1977 Salome Strauss Nicholas Braithwaite
2017 Samson et Dalila Saint-Saëns Matthew Scott Rogers
1971 Seamus O'Brien Stanford James Robertson
1998 Semiramide Rossini Grant Llewellyn
1961 Silas Marner Joubert Alan Boustead
2009 Simon Boccanegra Verdi Tecwyn Evans
1965 Simon Boccanegra Verdi Guy Woolfenden
1979 Simon Boccanegra Verdi Howard Williams
1988 St. Georges Day Concert (Salisbury) Various Richard Seal
1999 St. John Passion (Salisbury) Bach David Halls
2018 St. Matthew Passion (Salisbury) Bach David Halls
2005 St. Matthew Passion (Salisbury) Bach David Halls
1997 St. Matthew Passion (Salisbury) Bach David Halls
1989 St. Matthew Passion (Salisbury) Bach Richard Seal
2002 St. Nicholas (Salisbury) Britten David Halls
1992 St.John Passion (Salisbury) Bach Richard Seal
2014 Stiffelio Verdi Brad Cohen
1995 Tannhäuser Wagner Martyn Brabbins
1983 Tannhäuser Wagner James Judd
1979 Te Deum Berlioz Martin Neary
2009 Te Deum/Mass in C (Salisbury) Berlioz/Beethoven David Halls
1989 Thaïs Massenet Michael Lloyd
2018 Thaïs Massenet Stephen Higgins
1994 The Apostles (Salisbury) Elgar David Halls
1984 The Apostles (Salisbury) Elgar Richard Seal
1984 The Bartered Bride Smetana Lionel Friend
1994 The Brandenburgers in Bohemia Smetana Vilem Tausky
1993 The Christmas Slippers Tchaikowsky Martyn Brabbins
2019 The Demon Rubinstein Oliver Zeffman
1972 The Dream of Gerontius Elgar Roderick Brydon
2008 The Dream of Gerontius (Salisbury) Elgar David Halls
1998 The Dream of Gerontius (Salisbury) Elgar David Halls
1990 The Dream of Gerontius (Salisbury) Elgar Richard Seal
1980 The Dream of Gerontius (Salisbury) Elgar Richard Seal
1969 The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein Offenbach James Robertson
1954 The Impresario Mozart Colin Davis
1950 The Impresario Mozart Colin Davis
1959 The Impresario (Mozart & Beethoven Concert incl. The Impresario) Mozart/Beethoven Colin Davis
1979 The Jacobin Dvorak Stephen Barlow
2017 The Kingdom (Salisbury) Elgar David Halls
2003 The Kingdom (Salisbury) Elgar David Halls
1990 The Kingdom (Salisbury) Elgar Richard Seal
1977 The Kingdom (Salisbury) Elgar Richard Seal
1987 The Maid of Orleans Tchaikowsky Paul Daniel
1957 The Merry Wives of Windsor Nicolai Colin Davis
2002 The Miserly Knight/ Francesca da Rimini Rachmaninov Felix Krieger
1991
The Olympians Bliss Martyn Brabbins
1963 The Peasant Rogue Dvorak David Lloyd-Jones
1966 The Poacher Lortzing James Robertson
1976 The Queen of Spades Tchaikowsky Roderick Brydon
1969 The Rake's Progress Stravinsky Roger Norrington
1986 The Rake's Progress Stravinsky John Lubbock
1986 The Snow Maiden Rimsky Korsakov Howard Williams
1962 The Three Pintos Weber/Mahler David Lloyd-Jones
1967 The Travelling Companion Stanford James Robertson
1960 The Tunnel James Robertson
2016 Toward the Unknown Region/The Banks of Green Willow/For the Fallen/Requiem (Salisbury) V.Williams/Butterworth/Elgar/Duruflé David Halls
2009 Tragic Overture/Te Deum/Requiem (Salisbury) Brahms/Bruckner/Mozart David Halls
1982 Troilus & Cressida Walton Roderick Brydon
1973 Turandot Puccini Nicholas Braithwaite
1985 Turandot Puccini Antony Shelley
1974 Un Ballo in Maschera Verdi Alan Suttie
2019 Un giorno di regno Verdi Tom Seligman
2023
Un Ballo in Maschera Verdi Anthony Negus
1982 Verdi Requiem (Salisbury) Verdi Richard Seal
1996 Vespers (Salisbury) Monteverdi David Halls
2018 War Requiem (Salisbury) Britten David Halls
1995 War Requiem (Salisbury) Britten David Halls
1983 War Requiem (Salisbury) Britten Richard Seal
1995 Christmas Oratorio (Salisbury) Bach David Halls
1986 Christmas Oratorio (Salisbury) Bach Richard Seal
2016 Yellow River Cantata Xian Xinghai Nicholas Smith
1955 Zaide (Mozart Concert including scenes from Zaide) Mozart Colin Davis
1960 Zaide (Summer Concert including scenes from Zaide) Mozart Colin Davis

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