Opera Scotland

Trovatore 1945Carl Rosa Opera Company

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Cast details for the Saturday 12 May matinee are from a programme in the OperaScotland collection, and for 30 April are from a short review in the Daily Record (1 May), which did not see fit to name the conductor.

"the opera...well deserved the full house and enthusiastic reception. However the other characters in this work may perform, it is mainly on Azucena, the half-mad gypsy woman, that the dramatic sense depends, and in this role Miss Gladys Parr's performance left nothing to be desired, and her singing had many admirable features."

 

Carl Rosa in Scotland - 1945

The tour consisted of two weeks in Edinburgh, followed by two in Aberdeen then four in Glasgow.

The tour schedule was:

Edinburgh, w/c 26 May: Mon 26  Tosca; Tue 27  Traviata; Wed 28 m Butterfly; Wed 28 e Rigoletto; Thu 29 Bohème; Fri 30 Tosca; Sat 31 m Cav & Pag; Sat 31 e Trovatore.

Edinburgh, w/c 2 April: Mon 2 Faust; Tue 3 Rigoletto; Wed 4 m Cav & Pag; Wed 4 e Tosca; Thu 5 Butterfly; Fri 6 Hoffmann; Sat 7 m Hoffmann; Sat 7 e Faust.

Aberdeen, w/c 9 April: Mon 9 Tales of Hoffmann; Tue 10 Butterfly; Wed 11 m Cav & Pag; Wed 11 e Faust; Thu 12 Bohème; Fri 13 Hoffmann; Sat 14 m Butterfly; Sat 14 e Trovatore.

Aberdeen, w/c 16 April: Mon 16 Cav & Pag; Tue 17 Rigoletto; Wed 18 m Traviata; Wed 18 e Hoffmann; Thu 19 Trovatore; Fri 20 Butterfly; Sat 21 m Bohème; Sat 21 e Faust.

Glasgow, w/c 23 April: Mon 23 Tosca; Tue 24 Hoffmann; Wed 25 m Butterfly; Wed 25 e Traviata; Thu 26 Tosca; Fri 27 Rigoletto; Sat 28 m Cav & Pag; Sat 28 e Bohème.

Glasgow, w/c 30 April: Mon 30 Trovatore; Tue 1 May Traviata; Wed 2 m Bohème; Wed 2 e Faust; Thu 3 Barber; Fri 4 Hoffmann; Sat 5 m Tosca; Sat 5 e Rigoletto.

Glasgow, w/c 7 May: Mon 7 Faust; Tue 8 Tosca; Wed 9 m Hoffmann; Wed 9 e Cav & Pag; Thu 10 Bohème; Fri 11 Butterfly; Sat 12 m Trovatore; Sat 12 e Barber.

Glasgow, w/c 14 May: Mon 14 Butterfly; Tue 15 Barber; Wed 16 m Faust; Wed 16 e Bohème; Thu 17 Tosca; Fri 18 Hoffmann; Sat 19 m Butterfly; Sat 19 e Faust.

Performances of Cav & Pag were accompanied by those of nine other operas.