Opera Scotland

Nozze di Figaro 1987Scottish Opera

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The immediate revival for John Cox's production was in the generally safe hands of Matthew Richardson. 

His attention to detail included replacing the Countess's scarlet costume with a less jarring pink. This time the performance was sung in an English translation by Michael Irwin, although the small roles were generally sung by the same regulars who had sung in Italian the year before.

The new principals included a very successful Figaro and Susanna from Nicholas Folwell and Joan Rodgers. 

 

Scottish Opera's Season - 1986/87

This season comprised Nine main stage productions plus an Opera-Go-Round staging with piano, and a most unusual Edinburgh Festival event.   The new productions were Carmen,  Iolanthe,  Intermezzo,  Flying Dutchman,   From the House of the Dead,   Billy Budd,  and  Madama Butterfly.  There were two revivals, The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville.  The Opera-Go Round production was of Verdi's Macbeth,  The season opened at the Edinburgh Festival, with a concert including music from Gershwin's Girl Crazy.