The resurrected (briefly termed 'New') D'Oyly Carte company began operations in 1988 with two works, Iolanthe and Yeomen of the Guard. This was quickly followed by a second pair of excellent stagings - Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. By the time of this week-long visit to Edinburgh, they had already held a successful London season at the Savoy, and those productions had been joined by a double-bill of Pinafore and Trial By Jury. It was the last four that were brought on the company's first visit to Edinburgh (they had previously travelled to Aberdeen with Mikado and Pirates).
The schedule for the week, commencing Monday 14 May, was: Mon Pirates; Tue Pirates; Wed Mikado; Thu Mikado; Fri Pinafore & Trial; Sat m & e Pinafore & Trial.
This staging of The Mikado was only a year old, but the names of original director and choreographer, John Wells and Micha Bergese, no longer appeared in the programme - something which opera companies usually only did when people familiar with the original routines were no longer around. Yet on its visit to Aberdeen in March 1989 it had seemed fine and many of the first cast were still involved.
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