Mattiwilda Dobbs as Queen Shemakhan in Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le coq d'or"
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Portrait of soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs as Queen Shemakhan in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, "Le coq d'or." Label on back: "Covent Garden present for the first time in England for 25 years 'Le coq d'or.' The Covent Garden Opera Company present tonight (Thursday) the first performance of a new production -- the first in England for 25 years -- of the opera 'Le coq d'or.' The role of the Queen of Shemakhan will be sung by the coloured American singer Mattiwilda Dobbs, the role is one of the most seductive in opera. Picture shows Mattiwilda Dobbs as she appears as the Queen of Shemakhan tonight. (Barratt's, 7th January 1954)."
