Betrothal in a Monastery 1997Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD)
Read more about the opera Betrothal in a Monastery (Duenna)
The student production for June 1997 was the first staging by a British company of Prokofiev's final opera, based on The Duenna by Sheridan. It had been given a run at the 1990 Edinburgh Festival as a supplement to the Bolshoi's visit to the SECC during Glasgow's year as European cultural capital. In Glasgow the Bolshoi had performed rarities by Rimsky-Korsakov (Mlada) and Tchaikovsky (The Maid of Orleans). By 1997, Alexander Lazarev, the conductor of all three works, had become a familiar and welcome visitor to Scotland in his role as Principal Conductor of the RSNO.
While several singers here went on to perform opera professionally, the name of Peter Auty certainly stands out.
Performance Cast
- Don Jerome a nobleman of Seville
- Ferdinand Don Jerome's son
- Louisa Don Jerome's daughter
- Duenna to Louisa
- Antonio Louisa's suitor
- Clara Louisa's friend
- Mendoza a rich fish merchant
- Don Carlos a friend of Don Jerome
- Father Augustine a monk
- Brother Elixir a monk
- Brother Chartreuse a monk
- Brother Benedictine a monk
- Lauretta Louisa's maid
- Rosina Clara's maid
- Lopez Ferdinand's servant
- Pedro Mendoza's servant
- Pablo Mendoza's servant
- Miguel Mendoza's servant
- First Masker
- Second Masker
- Third Masker
- First Servant
- Second Servant