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Cavalleria Rusticana 1894Royal Italian Opera Company

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The Royal Italian Opera managed by Sir Augustus Harris here brought several Scottish premieres.  Verdi's Falstaff included several of the original Milan cast.  There were also Scottish premieres by Wagner (Mastersingers) and Massenet (La Navarraise).

It seems that on this occasion the familiar and hugely popular Cav was used to follow Pag, this being the first time they were paired.

Edinburgh performances to be confirmed.

Cast details are from the Joseph O'Mara entry in the 'Opera in Ireland' website.

 

The national tour dates

The autumn tour was quite extensive, starting on 27 August in Blackpool.  The company then went to Newcastle (w/c 03/09); Edinburgh (10/09); Glasgow (17/09); Bradford (24/09); Dublin (01/10); Cork (14/10); Belfast 21/10); Liverpool (28/10); Sheffield (04/11); Manchester (11/11); Bristol (18/11).

The two weeks in Scotland were:

W/c 10 Sep - Edinburgh Royal Lyceum - Mon 10 Lohengrin; Tue 11 Falstaff; Wed 12 Carmen; Thu 13 tbc; Fri 14 tbc; Sat 15 mat Orfeo & La Navarraise; Sat 15 eve Mastersingers.

W/c 17 Sep - Glasgow Theatre Royal - Mon 17 Falstaff; Tue 18 Lohengrin; Wed 19 Orfeo & La Navarraise; Thu 20 Pagliacci & Cavalleria Rusticana; Fri 21 Pag & Cav; Sat 22 mat Faust; Sat 22 eve Mastersingers.

Performance Cast

Santuzza a village girl

Francine Gherlsen

Mamma Lucia the innkeeper, Turiddu’s mother

Mathilde Bauermeister

Alfio the village carter

Giuseppe Maggi

Turiddu a young soldier

Joseph O'Mara

Lola Alfio’s wife

Carla Dagmar

Production Cast

Conductor

Armondo Seppilli

Performance DatesCavalleria Rusticana 1894

Map List

Theatre Royal, Glasgow | Glasgow

20 Sep, 19.00 21 Sep, 19.00

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