Mattiwilda Dobbs as Queen Shemakhan in Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le coq d'or"

View of soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs as Queen Shemakhan in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, "Le coq d'or." Drummer, in costume, sits on left. Label on back: "Singing one of opera's most seductive roles. Mattiwilda Dobbs the coloured singer who was heard but not seen singing at the Royal Opera House last October -- she sang the Woodbird a coloratura part, in Wagner's Siegfried -- will be seen on Thursday in one of the most seductive roles in opera when she appears as Queen of Shemakhan in "Le coq d'or.' This Covent Garden Opera Company's production of the Rimsky-Korsakov opera will be the first performance in England for 25 years. It is produced by Robert Helpmann; the conductor will be Igor Markevitch. Scenery & costumes are by Loudon Sainthill. Picture shows Mattiwilda Dobbs singing the role of Queen of Shemakhan at todays rehearsal of 'Le coq d'or' at the Royal Opera House. (Barratt's 4th January 1954)."