Friday 6 January 2023

Jimmy Young--Mario Lanza--The Casino Orchestra--Alma Cogan--The Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden--The Andrews Sisters

A couple of waltzes and a dance with blades !..and a guessing game with a dimple !....

1. Unchained Melody.......Jimmy Young
2. Help Me Forget.......Jimmy Young
3. Serenade......Mario Lanza
4. Drinking Song......Mario Lanza
5. Smiles Then Kisses Waltz......The Casino Orchestra
6. Sweet Delusion Waltz.......The Casino Orchestra
7. Where Will The Dimple Be......Alma Cogan
8. Keep Me In Mind.......Alma Cogan
9. Preludium......The Royal Opera Orchestra Covent Garden
10. Berceuse......The Royal Opera Orchestra Covent Garden
11. Heartbreaker......The Andrews Sisters
12. Sabre Dance......The Andrews Sisters

The Casino Orchestra was the House Orchestra in the Columbia studios in London from 1910 to 1918.

The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. The first theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal (1732), served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history. 
From 1934 to 1936, Geoffrey Toye was managing director, working alongside the Artistic Director, Sir Thomas Beecham.
The Royal Opera House reopened on 20 February 1946 with a performance of The Sleeping Beauty in an extravagant new production designed by Oliver Messel. Webster, with his music director Karl Rankl, immediately began to build a resident company. In December 1946, they shared their first production, Purcell's The Fairy-Queen, with the ballet company. On 14 January 1947, the Covent Garden Opera Company gave its first performance of Bizet's Carmen.
(All Info edited from Wikipedia)

         9. Preludium

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