Sir Thomas Beecham's Grand Opera Company spent the three weeks commencing 5 March 1917 in Edinburgh during the course of a national tour.
The Edinburgh schedule was as follows:
First week: Mon Aïda; Tue Louise; Wed Bohème; Thu Tristan; Fri Boris Godunov; Sat mat Cav & Pag; Sat eve Butterfly.
Second week: Mon Seraglio; Tue Samson & Delilah; Wed mat Bohème; Wed eve Tristan; Thu Tosca; Fri Aïda; Sat mat Butterfly; Sat eve Boris Godunov.
Third week: Mon Magic Flute; Tue Otello; Wed mat Samson & Delilah; Wed eve Bohème; Thu Girl of the Golden West; Fri Faust; Sat mat Magic Flute; Sat eve Cav & Pag.
At this second Scottish appearance of the Girl of the Golden West, the same soprano appeared once more as Minnie. Indeed the whole staging had been inherited by Beecham from its originator, the Quinlan company. This would be the work's last appearance in Scotland for some forty-five years. When the Beecham Company folded in 1922, many of its singers moved to the new BNOC, including the character tenor Sydney Russell. Norman Allin and Walter Hyde were leading members and directors of that company throughout its existence.
Abbreviated cast details are from a review in The Scotsman.
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