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W & P Principal characters

		1945 11 scene concert performance	1946 8 scene stage première	1953 11 scenes Florence	1955 11 scenes Leningrad	1957 13 scenes NBC TV	1957 13 scenes (cut) Moscow	1959 13 scenes Moscow
Natalya (Natasha) Rostov	soprano	M Nadion	Tatiana Lavrova	Rosanna Carteri	Tatiana Lavrova	Helena Scott	Valentina Kayevchenko	Galina Vishnevskaya
Count Pyotr (Pierre) Bezukhov	tenor	F Fedotov	Oles Semenovych Chishko	Franco Corelli	Glebov	David Lloyd		Vladimir Petrov
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky	baritone	Andrei Ivanov	Sergei Shaposhnikov	Ettore Bastianini	Sergei Shaposhnikov	Morley Meredith	Shchabinsky	Yevgeny Kipkalo
Field-Marshal Prince Mikhail Kutuzov	bass	Alexander Pirogov	Butyagin	Italo Tajo	Butyagin	Kenneth Smith	Alexander Pirogov	Alexei Krivchenya
Napoleon Bonaparte	baritone				Modestov	Leon Lishner		Pavel Lisitsian
Count Ilya Rostov (Natasha's father)	Bass			Italo Tajo		Chester Watson
Hélène Bezukhova (Pierre's wife)	Mezzo-soprano	A Vassilieva		Cesy Broggini	Baskova	Gloria Lane		Irina Arkhipova
Prince Anatole Kuragin (her brother)	tenor	F Oganian	Androukovich	Mirto Picchi	Androukovich	Davis Cunningham		Alexei Maslennikov
Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova	alto			Fedora Barbieri		Beatrix Krebs		Larissa Avdeieva
Platon Karataev	tenor			Brenno Ristori
Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky (Andrei's father)	bass-baritone	N Pantchekhin	Jouravlenko	Fernando Corena		Arthur Newmann		Anatoly Vedernikov
Balaga	bass			Fernando Corena		Paul Ukena
Sonya (Natasha's cousin)	mezzo-soprano			Vittoria Calma		Linda McNaughton
Dolokhov	baritone			Renato Capecchi		Michael Kermoyan
Colonel Vasska Denisov	baritone			Anselmo Colzani		Joshua Hecht

Opera sub-projects

in York cats (excl people)

   *Acaster Malbis
   *Acomb, Yorkshire
   *Anglian Tower
   *Archbishop Holgate's School
   *Archbishop of York
   *Askham Bryan
   *Askham Grange (HM Prison)
   *Askham Richard
   *Baile Hill, York
   *Bar Convent
   *Battle of Fulford
   *Battle of Stamford Bridge
   *BBC Radio York
   *Bishopthorpe
   *Bishopthorpe Palace
   *Blue Bridge (York)
   *Bobo Lobo
   *Bootham
   *Bootham Park Hospital
   *Bootham School
   *Bridges of York
   *Clifton, City of York
   *Coat of arms of York
   *Copmanthorpe
   *Deighton, York
   *Derwenthorpe
   *Diocese of York
   *Dringhouses
   *Earswick
   *Ebor Festival
   *Eboracum
   *Ebrauc
   *Elvington, City of York
   *Fishergate
   *Ftr
   *Fulford
   *Grand Opera House (York)
   *Guildhall, York
   *Haxby
   *Haxby Hall
   *Henry Hindley
   *Heslington
   *Heworth, York
   *History of York
   *Huntington, City of York
   *Jórvík
   *King's Manor
   *KitKat Crescent
   *Knavesmire
   *Lamel Hill
   *Lloyds Bank turd
   *Mansion House, York
   *Medieval churches of York
   *Merchant Adventurers' Hall
   *Merchant Taylors' Hall, York
   *Micklegate
   *Middlethorpe, Yorkshire
   *Murton, York
   *Naburn
   *National Railway Museum
   *Nether Poppleton
   *Nether Poppleton Tithebarn
   *New Earswick
   *North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary Organisations
   *Nunthorpe Grammar School
   *Osbaldwick
   *Palace of Whitehall
   *Peredur
   *Persimmon plc
   *Richard III Museum
   *Riding Lights Theatre Company
   *River Foss
   *Roses Tournament
   *Rowntree Park
   *Rowntree trusts    
   *Rowntree's
   *Shed Seven
   *Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow, York
   *Siege of York    
   *Skelton, York
   *Snickelways of York
   *South Bank, York
   *St George's York
   *St Mary's Abbey, York
   *St Michael le Belfrey
   *St Olave's Church, York
   *St Wilfrid's York
   *Stockton-on-the-Forest
   *Strays of York
   *Strensall
   *Suffolk House
   *Tang Hall
   *Terry's
   *The Golden Fleece Inn, York, UK
   *The Groves
   *The Press (York)    
   *The Retreat
   *The Shambles
   *Towthorpe, York
   *Upper Poppleton
   *Wheldrake
   *Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma Gate
   *YO postcode area
   *York
   *York Against Cancer
   *York and North Yorkshire Community Foundation
   *York Assembly Rooms
   *York Castle
   *York Cemetery, York
   *York City F.C.
   *York City Knights
   *York city walls
   *York Dungeon
   *York House, Strand
   *York Minster
   *York Museum Gardens
   *York Racecourse
   *York railway station
   *York sites of interest
   *York St John University
   *York Theatre Royal
   *Yorkshire Wheel

Selected recordings (table style)

Year	Cast (Radames, Aida, Amneris)	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra	Label
1986	Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Chiara, Ghena Dimitrova	Lorin Maazel, La Scala orchestra and chorus	DVD: Image Entertainment ASIN: B00002NDLW
1989	Plácido Domingo, Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick	James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon ASIN: B000050X2Z

Ragnar Ulfung

Ragnar Ulfung ( born 28 February, 1927) is a Norwegian tenor, originally singing principal roles before turning to character parts.

Ulfung was born in Oslo and studied there and then in Milan with Angelo Minghetti. He made his début in Oslo in 1952 as Magadoff in The Consul. He sang mostly at Gothenburg for the next few years, where his roles included Jeník in The Bartered Bride, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Duke of Mantua, Don José. Went to the Royal Opera in Stockholm and created the role of the Deaf Mute(!) in Aniara. Also in Stockholm, Canio, Hoffmann, Alfredo, Cavaradossi, Tom Rakewell, Gustavus, Otello.

He created the title-role in Maxwell Davies's Taverner (opera) at the ROH, also sang in Hamburg (Turiddu, Erik, Steva), San Francisco (Riccardo - presumably in Ballo - Valzacchi, Mime, which he also sang at the Met). Elsewhere, Fatty in Mahagonny, Loge, Aegisthus, the Captain in Wozzeck.

Herod and Mime at the ROH 2003 Glyndebourne Fledermaus Doctor Blind, 76 at the time! A friend I was with told me that he'd seen Ulfung as Don Carlos at Covent Garden in 1963. And he'd sung Tamino at Glyndebourne that same year.

The Magic Flute (1975 film) Seattle Opera Ring - directed, 1984 NOVEMBER 16th, 1979: New York, Metropolitan Opera; John Dexter, dir., James Levine, cond.; with Teresa Stratas (Jenny), Astrid Varnay (Begbick), Richard Cassilly (Jimmy), Cornell MacNeil (Moses), Ragnar Ulfung (Fatty), Paul Plishka (Joe)

Synopsis setup

Place: In and around Corradino's gothic castle in Spain

Time: The Middle Ages

Act 1

Scene 1: Outside the castle

At the saloon, Sheriff Rance

Scene 2: A magnificent old gallery in the castle

At the saloon, Sheriff Rance

Scene 3: Outside the castle

At the saloon, Sheriff Rance

Act 2

Scene 1: The countryside near Corradino's castle

At the saloon, Sheriff Rance

Scene 2: The gallery in the castle

At the saloon, Sheriff Rance

Scene 3: A steep mountain-side near Raimondo's castle

Roles 1

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 9 January 1947 (Conductor: Maurice Abravanel)
The Maurrant family
Frank Maurrant, a violent, disagreeable brute	bass-baritone	Norman Cordon
Anna Maurrant, his warm wife	dramatic soprano	Polyna Stoska
Rose Maurrant, their teenage daughter	lyric soprano	Anne Jeffreys
Willie Maurrant, their mischievous little boy	child, non singing	Peter Griffith
The Jones family
Emma Jones, a gossipy neighbor	mezzo-soprano	Hope Emerson
George Jones, her alcoholic husband	baritone	David E. Thomas
Mae Jones, their promiscuous teenage daughter	mezzo-soprano	Sheila Bond
Vincent Jones, her brutish elder brother, a cab driver	speaking role
The Olsen family
Olga Olsen, a Swedish neighbor	contralto	Ellen Repp
Carl Olsen, her husband	bass	Wilson Smith
Visitors To The House
Dick McGann, a romantic interest of Mae Jones	baritone	Danny Daniels
Harry Easter, Rose Maurrant's sleazy boss	baritone	Don Saxton
Steve Sankey, a milkman, supposedly having an affair with Anna Maurrant	speaking role	Lauren Gilbert
Nursemaid #1, a young nursemaid	lyric alto	Peggy Turnley
Nursemaid #2, another young nursemaid	contralto	Beverly Janis
Dr. John Wilson, the doctor for Daniel Buchanan's pregnant wife	speaking role
Officer Harry Murphy, a policeman	speaking role
James Henry, City Marshall	speaking role
Fred Cullen, his assistant	speaking role
Ambulance Driver, an ambulance driver	speaking role
The Kaplan family
Abraham Kaplan, a radically-opinioned elderly Jewish man	baritone	Irving Kaufman
Sam Kaplan, his meek teenage grandson, in love with Rose Maurrant	tenor	Brian Sullivan/Richard Manning
Shirley Kaplan, his elder sister, a school teacher	speaking role
The Fiorentino family
Greta Fiorentino, a German neighbor	coloratura soprano	Helen Arden
Lippo Fiorentino, her feisty Italian husband	tenor	Sidney Rayner
The Hildebrand family
Laura Hildebrand, a struggling single mother	speaking role	Juliana Gallagher/Ellen Lane
Jennie Hildebrand, her teenage daughter	mezzo-soprano	Beverly Janis
Charlie Hildebrand, her little boy	child	Bennett Burrill
Mary Hildebrand, her little girl	child	Helen Ferguson
Other Residents
Daniel Buchanan, a nervous neighbor	tenor	Remo Lota
Henry Davis, the janitor	baritone	Creighton Thompson
Grace Davis, his little girl	child	Helen Ferguson

Roles 2

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, March 27, 1819 (Conductor: Nicola Festa)
Ermione (Hermione), daughter of Helen and Menelaus	soprano	Isabella Colbran
Andromaca (Andromache), widow of Hector	alto	Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni
Pirro, (Pyrrhus) son of Achilles and king of Epirus	tenor	Andrea Nozzari
Oreste (Orestes), son of Agammemnon	tenor	Giovanni David
Pilade (Pylades), Oreste's companion	tenor	Giuseppe Ciccimarra
Cleone, Ermione's confidante	mezzo-soprano	Maria Manzi
Fenicio, Pirro's tutor	bass	Michele Benedetti
Cefisa, Andromaca's confidante	alto	Raffaella De Bernardis
Attalo, Pirro's confidant	tenor	Gaetano Chizzola
Astianatte (Astyanax), Andromaca's son	silent
Lords of Epirus, Trojan prisoners, Oreste's attendants, Spartan maidens

Walmgate

Walmgate is a street and area in central York, England. It has been occupied since at least Viking times, and contains a number of listed buildings, including two medieval churches.

Location

The Walmgate area is approximately rectangular in shape, and lies within the south-eastern quarter of the city walls. Its boundaries, in a clockwise direction, are the River Foss between Castle Mills Bridge and Foss Islands Road, Foss Islands Road between the River Foss and the Red Tower on the city walls, and the city walls between the Red Tower and Fishergate Postern. The street called Walmgate bisects the area, running south-east from Foss Bridge to Walmgate Bar, one of the gates in the city walls. The other main road in the area is Piccadilly, which runs from Piccadilly Bridge over the Foss to Fishergate Postern and Castle Mills Bridge.

History

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York city walls (redirect from Walmgate Bar)
much restored over the years. They continue south and west around the Walmgate area, terminating in another tower (Fishergate Postern), near York Castle
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Medieval parish churches of York (section St Denys, Walmgate)
circle which has used some of the stones from the church. South of Walmgate, near Walmgate Bar and first mentioned in 1279. Excavtions in 1827 and 1945 uncovered
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Strays of York (redirect from Walmgate Stray)
Micklegate Stray (which includes the Knavesmire and Hob Moor), Monk Stray and Walmgate Stray. The Strays are the remains of much greater areas of common land
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Barbican Centre, York
located in York, England. Named after the nearby barbican attached to Walmgate Bar, the centre hosts various music events, family shows and community
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Lamel Hill
northern part of Walmgate Stray. It is best known for having been the location of a Parliamentary gun-emplacement aimed at Walmgate Bar in the City Walls
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St Denys's Church, York
0762°W / 53.9567; -1.0762 The Church of St Denys, Walmgate, is a Grade I listed building in Walmgate, York, Yorkshire. It was built on the site of a Saxon
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York Early Music Festival
University of York and the National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret's, Walmgate. In 2008, events also took place at Harewood House and the National Railway
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York Conservation Trust
Conservation Trust. The Trust owns properties throughout York in streets such as Walmgate, Micklegate, Low Ousegate, Goodramgate, Gillygate and Stonegate. Among
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National Centre for Early Music
converted and extended, Grade I listed medieval church of St Margaret, Walmgate. Designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects, the Centre was opened
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Walker Iron Foundry
June 1853) 'Iron & brass founder, bell-hanger & smith', at Dixon's Yard, Walmgate. The son of William and Elizabeth Walker, of the Aldwark-Hungate area,
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The Press (York)
Steve Hughes Founded 1882 Political alignment Centre Headquarters 76-86 Walmgate, York Circulation 25,989 (December 2010 – June 2011) Website www.yorkpress
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Burwell, Lincolnshire
Tattershall, along with its chapels at Authorpe, Carlton, Muckton, and Walmgate, and other lands around Burwell. The manor house, Burwell Hall, was situated
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List of York sites of interest
National Railway Museum River Ouse, with boat rides St Denys's Church, Walmgate St George's York St Mary's Abbey St. Michael le Belfrey, where Guy Fawkes
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Layerthorpe
the York Inner Ring Road) was constructed between Layerthorpe Bridge and Walmgate Bar. In 1824, the York Gas Light Company began production on a site between
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Terry's
apothecary in Stonegate. On gaining his certificates, he set up as a chemist in Walmgate. But after marrying Harriet Atkinson in 1823, he met her elderly uncle
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York
many medieval houses outside the city walls were lost. The barbican at Walmgate Bar was undermined and explosives laid, but, the plot was discovered. On
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York Council election, 1999 (section Walmgate Ward)
Walmgate (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour D. Wilde 779 Labour D.W. Smallwood 748 Conservative P. Thompson 342 Conservative S.E. Anson 334
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Siege of York
sectors. To attack Walmgate Bar, they set up a battery of guns on a nearby rise, Lamel Hill, and also dug a mine beneath the Walmgate Bar barbican. The
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Victoria foundry
Foundry, Chesterfield. Predecessor to Markham & Co. Victoria Foundry, Walmgate, York. 1850s establishment of the Walker Iron Foundry Victoria Foundry/works
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Henry Isaac Rowntree
1860, Henry Rowntree went to work for the Tuke family at their shop in Walmgate. In June 1862 Henry Isaac bought out the chocolate, cocoa-making and chicory
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   Thomas Glemham
   and Glemham was credited with destroying a Parliamentarian mine under Walmgate Bar, by digging a counter-mine through which the attackers' mine was flooded
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   River Foss
   is the Foss Bridge (1811–12), which links the streets of Fossgate and Walmgate. Origin Near Oulston Reservoir, Yearsley 54°09′38″N 1°07′54″W / 54
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   Fulford
   Road and including York Cemetery. Between Fulford and the university is Walmgate Stray. Low-lying land near the River Ouse is prone to flooding.[citation
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   St. Lawrence Parish Church
   church in York, England. It is situated in Lawrence Street, just outside Walmgate Bar. It is dedicated to St Lawrence, possibly in deliberate reference to
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   Grade I listed buildings in the City of York
   956703; -1.076247 (Church of St Denys) 1256313 Church of St Margaret Walmgate York Church C20 01954-06-14-000014 June 1954 SE6095251566 53°57′24″N 1°04′21″W
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   University of York
   several other properties including Catherine House, Constantine House, 54 Walmgate, and Fairfax House. The University publishes an annual code of practice
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   Bridges of York
   Georgian gritstone arch with balusters, links the streets Fossgate and Walmgate. It is believed that the earliest bridge on this site was constructed during
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   John Bowes Morrell
   registered charity, York Conservation Trust Limited. Bowes Morrell House, 111 Walmgate, York The JBM Library How York Governs Itself: Civic Government As Illustrated
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   St Wilfrid's, York
   The funds, however, were diverted to build a much needed Church in the Walmgate area for the large number of Irish Catholics who settled there during the
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   List of United Kingdom locations: Wa-Wal
   Walmersley Bury 53°37′N 2°18′W / 53.61°N 02.30°W / 53.61; -02.30 SD8013 Walmgate Stray York 53°56′N 1°04′W / 53.94°N 01.07°W / 53.94; -01.07 SE6150 Walmley
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   Grade II* listed buildings in the City of York
   960988°N 1.08295°W / 53.960988; -1.08295 (31 Stonegate) 1256520 77 Walmgate York Shop 15th century 01954-06-14-000014 June 1954 SE6084351533 53°57′23″N
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Opera North

Some singers who have appeared with Opera North:

Sister cities and twin towns

Chernivtsi has seven sister cities/towns, as follows:

Country		City/Town		County / District / Region / State
Austria		Klagenfurt		Carinthia
Bulgaria		Pleven		Pleven Province
Canada	25px	Saskatoon	25px\|	Saskatchewan
Israel		Nazareth Illit		North District
Poland		Konin		Konin County
Russia		Podolsk		Moscow Oblast
United States	22px	Salt Lake City		Utah

Castlegate House

Castlegate House is a Georgian townhouse in York. The house is a Grade I Listed building, and its railings and gate piers are Grade II*. Castlegate was originally the main road to York Castle, and Castlegate House is located at No. 26. Nearly opposite is another Grade 1 listed building (Fairfax House at No. 27), but, unlike Fairfax House, Castlegate House is not open to the public.

History

The house was designed by the famous architect John Carr in 1762-3 for Peter Johnson, a Recorder at York's Assize Court. In 1765, Carr had also prepared plans for the Assize Court within York Castle, giving Johnson a very short walk to his work, but the Court was in fact not completed until 1773-7. Carr's Assize Court, renamed as a Crown Court in 1971, still exists. Johnson, who was born in 1719, died in 1796.

A Quaker School for girls, which had started in the original 1785 Friends Meeting House between Castlegate and Friargate, later moved to Tower Street. In 1831, Castlegate House became a continuation of the Friends Girls School, which was finally relocated in 1857 as The Mount School, York, at Dalton Terrace. Freemasons...

[[2]] Alcuin Lodge (York) Freemasonry

References

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W & P Principal characters

Opera sub-projects

in York cats (excl people)

Selected recordings (table style)

Ragnar Ulfung

Synopsis setup

Act 1

Act 2

Roles 1

Roles 2

Walmgate

Location

History

Opera North

Sister cities and twin towns

Castlegate House

History

References

External links