Glasgow Grand approached the end of its distinuished career. The resources available were not on the scale that had been accepted between the wars. However the theatre within the new RSAMD building was a beautiful and intimate auditorium. Purcell's Dido and Aeneas was perhaps not seen as an obvious piece for amateurs, though it was still challenging. Undoubtedly the opera that aroused the greater interest was the second part of the double bill. L'oracolo by Franco Leoni was an unknown work, with a recording made a few years earlier as a final vehicle for the great Tito Gobbi, following in the footsteps of creator Antonio Scotti as Cim-Fen. Perhaps not a masterpiece, but an entertaining chunk of hokum nonetheless.
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