It is difficult to avoid the idea that any performance of Faust by this time must have been nearly stifled by a sense of routine. However, it is clear that audiences continued to enjoy it. And even Messrs Hedmondt and Winckworth, who had been singing these roles for two decades, must have been kept on their toes by the arrival of new faces, in this case the soprano Ina Hill and mezzo Claude Albright.
The schedule in Dundee for the week commencing 5 February was: Mon Mignon; Tue Faust; Wed Carmen; Thu Cav & Pag; Fri Queen of Sheba; Sat mat Tannhäuser; Sat eve Trovatore. The previous week in Aberdeen had carried the same repertoire but for another rarity, Nicolai's Merry Wives appearing instead of Cav & Pag.
The cast details are taken from a programme in Aberdeen City Library and from reviews in the Dundee Advertiser and Dundee Courier.
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