Opera Scotland

Bohème 1979Scottish Opera

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Peter Ebert's largely traditional Bohème production still worked well a decade after its launch, and here was used to frame important performances by two of the younger generation. Dennis O'Neill had been with Scottish Opera for several seasons, and his voice was gaining power while retaining its sweetness of tone. Isobel Buchanan was a young Scottish soprano who had come rapidly to prominence as the result of some excellent performances with Australian Opera under the guidance of Richard Bonynge and Joan Sutherland. Here she made her Scottish Opera debut, but would return for only two more roles.

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Scottish Opera's 1978-79 season

Scottish Opera's fourth season at the Theatre Royal (1978-79) opened with Simon Boccanegra, and continued with Jenůfa, Catiline Conspiracy then an unusual triple-bill of Savitri, Fanny Robin and Dido and Aeneas. Next came Seraglio, Rosenkavalier, Hansel and Gretel, Fledermaus, Midsummer Night's Dream, Bohème, Kátya Kabanová and Rigoletto. In June there followed the company's first staging of a musical, Fiddler on the Roof. Many of these works were also toured.