A collection of material relating to concert and operatic performances given at various venues in Düsseldorf between 1962 and 1988, including programme books for 6 operatic productions given at the Opernhaus Düsseldorf by the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (1963–88) and programmes for four performances given by English ensembles in the city (1968–87), held loosely within a box of programmes for German venues A-Z.

The collection also includes editions of Chor-Szene (Magazin des Städtischen Musikvereins) for 1982 and 1983.

1. Deutsche Oper am Rhein
18 February 1962 (Busoni, Doktor Faust); 20 November 1963 (Wagner, Siegfried); 4 April 1965 (Beethoven, Fidelio); 26 April 1987 (R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos); 21 January 1988 (Paisiello, Der Barbier von Sevilla); and 23 September 1993 (Gluck, Iphigenie in Aulis). The collection also includes a leaflet prospectus for June–July 1970.

2. English ensembles
1 November 1968, Rheinhalle: 2. Meisterkonzert given by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Nelson Freire (piano), conducted by Rudolf Kempe.
1 May 1972, Robert-Schumann-Saal: Kammerkonzert by the English Chamber Orchestra, directed by Henryk Szeryng.
19 May 1980, Tonhalle: Heinersdorff Konzerte given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich (piano), conducted by Gennadij Roshdestwenskij [Rozhdestvensky].
1 January 1987, Tonhalle: Dusseldorfer Symphoniker with London Voices (directed by Terry Edwards) (photocopy).

The majority of the programmes in this collection include programme notes, some with words, biographical notes and/or photographs/illustrations. Many of the items are accompanied by tickets.

1963 - 1988

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Not Specific

• Wagner, Richard -
• Strauss, Richard -
• Paisiello, Giovanni -
• Deutsche Oper am Rhein -
• Beethoven, Ludwig van -
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra -
• Kempe, Rudolf -
• English Chamber Orchestra -
• Busoni, Ferruccio -
• Gluck, Christoph Willibald von -
• Bishop-Kovacevich, Stephen -
• Edwards, Terry -
• Rozhdestvensky, Gennady -
• Freire, Nelson -
• Szeryng, Henryk -
• BBC Symphony Orchestra -

• Opernhaus Düsseldorf

• 20th century - late 1971-1999
• 20th century - mid 1931-1970

• Tickets
• Photographs
• Illustrations
• Programme notes

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The Centre for Performance History was created in 2004 through the amalgamation of the Department of Portraits and the Museum of Instruments (see the separate entry for the Museum. The College has acquired portraits throughout its history since 1883 and the Centre posseses the most comprehensive collection of portraits of musicians in the UK, amounting to some 346 original portraits and 10,000 prints and photographs. In addition to the iconographical collections and their documentation, the department houses other categories of source material - most notably the largest collection of concert programmes in this country, comprising some 600,000 items dating from 1780 to the present day.