Opera Scotland

Bartered Bride 1944Sadler's Wells Opera

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This visit to Edinburgh by Sadler's Wells lasted for two weeks, starting on 13 November, and having matinees on Wednesdays as well as Saturdays.

The mounting of a new staging of The Bartered Bride seems to have been in some ways a political gesture, with management keen to show solidarity with the occupied Czechoslovak nation. The programme contained two messages to back this up. Firstly: 'The Management wishes to acknowledge with gratitude the assistance given to this production by the Czrchoslovak Government in London' The second note read:'To-day, when Czechoslovakia is again under foreign domination,we hope that British audiences will welcome this production, both for the brilliant qualities of the opera, and as a tribute to the nation it represents.'

Cast details are from a programme in Edinburgh City Library.