Opera Scotland

Orfeo ed Euridice 1929Edinburgh Opera Company

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Gluck's Orfeo was an unusual choice for an essentially amateur company, as was its coupling with Leoncavallo's Pagliacci - a vehicle for the guest star tenor, Edinburgh-born Joseph Hislop.

Data is taken from a framed display in the foyer of the Edinburgh Festival Theatre.