Opera Scotland

Pagliacci 1955Iskoldoff Italian Opera Company

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The countless admirers of Cav & Pag in Glasgow this year had the choice of hearing them in English (with the Carl Rosa company), or, as here, in Italian. Like Anna di Stasio, Lola in the Cavalleria cast, baritone Augusto Frati would return to Scotland as a member of the Edinburgh Festival companies from Naples (1963) and Florence (1969).

 

The Iskoldoff Italian Opera Company in Glasgow - 1955

The six operas presented were from the core of the Italian repertoire, represented by Verdi (Rigoletto);  Leoncavallo (Pagliacci);  Puccini ( Bohème,  Tosca,  Madam Butterfly) and Mascagni (Cavalleria Rusticana),

The performance schedule at the King's Theatre, Glasgow, was:

W/c Monday, 21 November;  Mon 21 Bohème;  Tue 22 Cav & Pag;  Wed 23 m Bohème;  Wed 23 e Madam Butterfly;  Thu 24 Rigoletto;  Fri 25 Tosca;  Sat 26 m Madam Butterfly;  Sat 26 e Rigoletto.

W/c Monday, 28 November:  Mon 28 Tosca;  Tue 29 Bohème;  Wed 30 m Tosca;  Wed 30 e Rigoletto;  Thu 1 Dec Cav & Pag;  Fri 2 Madam Butterfly;  Sat 3 m  Cav & Pag;  Sat 3 e Bohème. 

Cast details from a copy of the programme for the three performances.