Ariadne on Naxos 1976Scottish Opera
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Anthony Besch’s excellent, witty and detailed production was revived with some cast changes – most notably Anne Howells and Sandra Dugdale taking over as the Composer and Zerbinetta from Janet Baker and Norma Burrowes.
The 1976 spring tour featured a repertoire including Don Giovanni, Die Fledermaus, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Rape of Lucretia.
The two performances in June were part of the York Festival, in which the company gave the world premiere of Thomas Wilson's Confessions of a Justified Sinner.
Performance Cast
- Music Master
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Peter van der Bilt (Apr 6, 30; Jun 1, 17)
Malcolm Donnelly (Apr 15, 17; Jun 19)
- Major-domo
- Lackey
- Officer
- Composer
- Tenor Bacchus in the opera
- Wig-maker
- Zerbinetta a comedian
- Prima Donna Ariadne in the opera
- Dancing Master
- Harlequin a comedian
- Scaramuccio a comedian
- Brighella a comedian
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John Winfield (Apr 6, 7, 15, 30)
Graham Clark (Jun 1, 17, 19)
- Truffaldino a comedian
- Naiad a nymph
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Laureen Livingstone (Apr 6, 15)
Nan Christie (Apr 7, 30; Jun 1, 17, 19))
- Dryad a nymph
- Echo a nymph
Performance DatesAriadne on Naxos 1976
Empire Theatre, Sunderland | Sunderland
6 Apr, 19.15
MacRobert Arts Centre | Stirling
15 Apr, 19.15 17 Apr, 19.15
King's Theatre, Edinburgh | Edinburgh
30 Apr, 19.30
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen | Aberdeen
1 Jun, 19.30
Theatre Royal, York | York
17 Jun, 19.30 19 Jun, 19.30