By 1911 a week at the King's Theatre in Greenock was a fixture in the Carl Rosa schedule. This time the rarity was The Queen of Sheba by Goldmark. Perhaps more surprising is the fact that Greenock saw the only Scottish performance in 1911 of Wallace's Maritana.
Ticket Prices were: Dress Circle & Stalls 4s. Family Circle 3s.
The Carl Rosa Scottish Tour - 1911
The tour consisted of five weeks at three locations, two at Edinburgh (King's), two Glasgow (Grand), and one Greenock (King's).
The thirteen operas in the repertoire were: Mozart (Marriage of Figaro); Benedict (Lily of Killarney); Balfe (Bohemian Girl); Thomas (Mignon); Wallace (Maritana); Wagner (Tannhäuser, Lohengrin); Verdi (Trovatore); Gounod (Faust); Goldmark (Queen of Sheba); Bizet (Carmen); Leoncavallo (Pagliacci); Mascagni (Cavalleria Rusticana).
The schedule was:
Edinburgh, w/c 6 March: Mon 6 Tannhäuser; Tue 7 Carmen; Wed 8 Lily of Killarney; Thu 9 Marriage of Figaro; Fri 10 Queen of Sheba; Sat 11 m Cav & Pag; Sat 11 e Trovatore.
Edinburgh, w/c 13 March: Mon 13 Lohengrin; Tue 14 Mignon; Wed 15 Bohemian Girl; Thu 16 Queen of Sheba; Fri 17 Faust; Sat 18 m Mignon; Sat 18 e Lily of Killarney.
Glasgow, w/c 20 March: Mon 20 Mignon; Tue 21 Faust; Wed 22 Lily of Killarney; Thu 23 Queen of Sheba; Fri 24 Trovatore; Sat 25 m Mignon; Sat 25 e Bohemian Girl.
Glasgow, w/c 27 March: Mon 27 Carmen; Tue 28 Cav & Pag; Wed 29 Queen of Sheba; Thu 30 Mignon; Fri 31 Tannhäuser; Sat 1 Apr m Queen of Sheba; Sat 1 Apr e Lly of Killarney.
Greenock, w/c 3 April: Mon 3 Carmen; Tue 4 Faust; Wed 5 Maritana: Thu 6 Queen of Sheba; Fri 7 Tannhäuser; Sat 8 m Mignon; Sat 8 e Bohemian Girl.
A dummy entry has been made for Walter Wheatley as Don Caesar to permit setting of links as no cast detaila for this single performance have yet been traced. He had previously sung the role in 1909 and sang Thaddeus in Bo Girl in both years, so it seems very likely that he would have appeared in the Greenock Maritana.
Walter Wheatley (Apr 5)
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