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Peter Grimes 1980Scottish Opera

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The final presentation of Colin Graham's production from 1968 was revived by Michael Follis, a bass who worked with Graham at the English Opera Group and English Music Theatre.

This was also notable in being the last main season visit by Scottish Opera to the King's in Edinburgh. In June, the Playhouse, an enormous cinema building which had retained its stage facilities, re-opened in theatrical form to accommodate large-scale touring shows.

The internationally renowned Scottish tenor Joseph Hislop spent many years in his retirement teaching in London, where Donald Pilley studied with him. Later, back in Scotland, his final pupil of note was Donald Maxwell - and here are both Pilley and Maxwell. Sadly Hislop had died in 1977.

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