The first Theatre Royal subscription season (1975-76) contained ten operas in total, played in sequence. The gala Fledermaus was followed by short runs of Otello, Hermiston, Ariadne on Naxos, Così fan tutte, The Golden Cockerel, Die Fledermaus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly and Falstaff. The Otello had been seen regularly since 1963, the Falstaff only once before, in 1966. Fledermaus had been launched during the summer while Hermiston had been premiered at the recent Edinburgh Festival - both were previously unseen in Glasgow. The only productions that were brand new were Ariadne and Rimsky-Korsakov's Golden Cockerel, unseen in Scotland for half a century, and only occasionally since then at Covent Garden.
This was a first, and long overdue, revival of Peter Ebert’s production, originally given in 1966 and marking Geraint Evans’s only appearances with the company. Sesto Bruscantini, having sung Ford with the Glyndebourne company at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival in Carl Ebert’s production, moved to the title role directed by Ebert’s son. The run ended with a concert performance at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall.
Theatre Royal, Glasgow | Glasgow
18 Feb, 19.15 21 Feb, 19.15 24 Feb, 19.15 26 Feb, 19.15
King's Theatre, Edinburgh | Edinburgh
4 May, 19.00 11 May, 19.00 15 May, 19.00
Theatre Royal, Newcastle | Newcastle-upon-Tyne
27 May, 19.15 29 May, 19.15
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen | Aberdeen
3 Jun, 19.15 5 Jun, 19.15
Royal Albert Hall | London
13 Aug, 19.30
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