Opera Scotland

Trovatore 1920Carl Rosa Opera Company

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The cast of Il trovatore in the spring tour to the central belt includes two of the Carl Rosa's greatest singers in Eva Turner and Doris Woodall. Charles Webber was a talented conductor, while Hughes Macklin and Hebden Foster spent several seasons as leading performers.

The company began a four-week Christmas - New Year season in Aberdeen (Monday, 13 December to Saturday, 8 January), with a completely different group of performers from those who had visited the central belt in the spring. The Directors were billed as Mrs Carl Rosa and Walter van Noorden, a former conductor.  The Acting Manager was Edward Taylor and Stage Director Harison Cook. Conductors were Wynn Reeves and John Cope, with Alfeo Turato as their assistant.

The schedule for the first week, commencing 13 December, was: Mon Tales of Hoffmann; Tue Tannhäuser; Wed Faust; Thu Carmen; Fri Bohème; Sat mat Mignon; Sat eve Trovatore.

Several of the singers in the new team enjoyed notable careers with Carl Rosa and other companies, including Ethel, Austen, Constance Willis, Olive Gilbert, Eda Bennie and Appleton Moore.

The cast for Glasgow on 18 February is from a programme in the Mitchell Library, those for 18 and 28 December from programmes in Aberdeen City Library, and in Edinburgh Central Library for the matinee performance on 24 April

Further tour dates to be confirmed.