Opera Scotland

Nozze di Figaro 1886Carl Rosa Opera Company

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Figaro was by no means the ultra-popular work of today's operatic scene, even if it was loved and admired by connoisseurs. Carl Rosa did give it the occasional outing however.

Here, Georgina Burns played the Countess - in 1891 she would take on Cherubino, a strange reversal of the career progression that is more common today.