A return visit for this popular favourite, complete with gendarmes' duet. The Soldene company had by now stopped performing Carmen (its José had joined the London cast of Pirates of Penzance). The other evenings were likewise devoted to French operetta, in Offenbach's Madame L'Archiduc (twice) and Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (once), Lecocq's hugely popular Fille de Madame Angot also received two showings. The afterpiece on this occasion was perhaps a strange choice, Dibdin's Waterman, now a century old, but still a popular favourite, though whether Emily Soldene was ideal casting for the normally male role of Tom Tug is perhaps debatable, even if she had played Drogan, originally a tenor role, for nearly a decade.
Additional tour dates to be confirmed.
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