La sonnambula was still a highly popular item in the operatic repertoire. It still seems questionable whether it was an entirely suitable choice for performance before a Saturday night audience in Aberdeen. The following Saturday, in Dundee, it was scheduled once more, but the programme was changed, and Don Giovanni substituted.
No cast details available as yet.
Sydney Hill's Royal English Opera in Scotland - 1885
The operas toured were: Mozart (Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni); Bellini (Sonnambula); Benedict (Lily of Killarney); Wallace (Maritana); Verdi (Trovatore); Gounod (Faust).
The Scottish tour schedule was:
Aberdeen w/c 23 March: Mon 23 Maritana; Tue 24 Lily of Killarney; Wed 25 Trovatore; Thu 26 Marriage of Figaro; Fri 27 Faust; Sat 28 Sonnambula.
Dundee w/c 30 Marcch: Mon 30 Marriage of Figaro; Tue 31 Maritana; Wed 1 April Lily of Killarney; Thu 2 Faust; Fri 3 Trovatore; Sat 4 Don Giovanni.
Further performances in Glasgow and Edinburgh to be confirmed.
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