Soldier's Tale 1968Scottish Opera
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Further performances of the production that had worked well as a morning show at the 1967 Edinburgh Festival. This time, with a largely new cast and presented in a more conventional evening slot, it formed a double bill with the Robin Orr one-acter Full Circle, which had itself been launched in the spring as a late-night show.
Scottish Opera's Seventh Season - 1968
The ten operas performed were by Monteverdi (Ballo delle ingrate); Mozart (Marriage of Figaro); Wagner (Götterdämmerung); Musorgsky (Boris Godunov); Sullivan (Gondoliers); Puccini (Madam Butterfly); Stravnsky (Soldier's Tale); Britten (Peter Grimes, Albert Herring); Orr (Full Circle).
Full Ciircle was given in Edinburgh as a late night performance (10:00pm) after some performances of The Gondoliers, while in Perth it formed a double bill with The Solder's Tale.
The schedule was as follows:
Perth, w/c Mon 8 Apr: Tue 9 Marriage of Figaro; Wed 10 Full Circle & Soldier's Tale; Thu 11 Marriage of Figaro; Fri 12 Full Circle & Soldier's Tale; Sat 13 Full Circle & Soldier's Tale.
Glasgow, w/c Mon 29 Apr: Fri 3 May Boris Godunov; Sat 4 Marriage of Figaro.
Glasgow, w/c Mon 6 May; Fri 10 Boris Godunov; Sat 11 Madama Butterfly.
Glasgow, w/c Mon 13 May: Tue 14 Madama Butterfly; Wed 15 Götterdämmerung; Thu 16 Marriage of Figaro; Fri 17 m Marriage of Figaro; Fri 17 e Madama Butterfly; Sat 18 Götterdämmerung.
Aberdeen, w/c Mon 20 May: Tue 21 Götterdämmerung; Wed 22 Marriage of Fgaro; Thu 23 Madama Butterfly; Fri 24 Marriage of Figaro; Sat 25 Boris Godunov.
Edinburgh, w/c Mon 27 May: Tue 28 Boris Godunov; Wed 29 Madama Butterfly; Thu 30 Marriage of Figaro; Fri 31 m Marriage of Figaro; Fri 31 e Madama Butterfly; Sat 1 Jun Boris Godunov.
Edinburgh, w/c Mon 3 Jun Tue 4 Götterdämmerung; Wed 5 Boris Godunov; Thu 6 Marriage of Figaro; Fri 7 Götterdämmerung; Sat 8 Marriage of Figaro.
Florence, w/c Mon 17 Jun: Wed 19 Albert Herring; Thu 20 Albert Herring.
Edinburgh Festival: 19, 21, 23, 26 Aug Peter Grimes.
Edinburgh Festival (Fringe): 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 Aug (late) Il ballo delle ingrate.
Newcastlle, w/c Mon 9 Sep: Tue 10 Peter Grimes; Thu 12 Marriage of Fiigaro; Fri 13 Marriage of Figaro; Sat 14 Peter Grimes.
Edinburgh, w/c Mon 9 Dec: Thu 12 Gondoliers; Sat 14 Marriage of Figaro.
Edinburgh, w/v Mon 16 Dec: Mon 16 e Gondoliers; Mon 16 (late) Full Circle; Tue 17 Marriage of Figaro; Wed 18 Gondoliers; Thu 19 Gondoliers; Fri 20 Marriage of Figaro; Sat 21 e Gondoliers; Sat 21 (late) Full Circle.
