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Lily of Killarney 1876Carl Rosa Opera Company

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This was the very first visit of Carl Rosa Opera to Edinburgh, when they played six different pieces on six successive evenings.

It was observed that at the beginning of the third act, Santley introduced a new scena composed by Benedict specially for the Carl Rosa production.

Performance Cast

Eily O'Connor the Colleen Bawn: Julia Gaylord
Hardress Cregan secretly married to Eily: Fred C Packard
Mrs Cregan Hardress's mother: Lucy Franklein
Squire Corrigan holder of a mortgage on the Cregan lands: William Ludwig
Myles na Coppaleen in love with Eily: Charles Lyall
Danny Mann a boatman, devoted to Hardress: Charles Santley
Miss Ann Chute an heiress, the Colleen Rhud: Josephine Yorke
Sheelah: Mrs Aynsley Cook
Father Tom Parish Priest of Kenmare: Aynsley Cook
Mr Bertie O'Moore: Arthur Howell
Hyland Creagh: Fred Wakefield

Production Cast

Conductor: Carl Rosa
Stage Manager: Arthur Howell
Acting Manager: Joseph D McLaren
Musical Prompter: Mr W J Petre

Performance DatesLily of Killarney 1876

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