Opera Scotland

Vivandière 1896Carl Rosa Opera Company

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At performances on 9, 13 and 16 May, the two leading principal roles are advertised as being sung by Zélie de Lussan and Robert Cunningham, with Alec Marsh also listed for the last two. It was reviewed in the Glasgow Herald of 24 April and 4 November, which give fuller details of the performers. A programme for the first performance dated 25 April (the Scottish premiere) is in the Mitchell Library and records the work was 'performed in Paris over 200 nights.'

While the performances seem to have been generally enjoyed, the music was not considered to be especially memorable, and, as with most of the French works the company introduced by way of an experiment, it was not revived. Nor has it returned to the repertoire elsewhere.