Bohème 1932Covent Garden Opera
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Doris Lemon and Marjorie Parry were, by this stage, indispensable company members with a number of major roles on display.
Twenty years later, Frank Sale sang several roles for dramatic tenor, but here, as with many Wagnerian voices, he was starting out as a baritone.
Cast details taken from a programme in the Edinburgh Room collection (Edinburgh City Library).
Scans are of the promotional flyer taken from the OperaScotland archive and showing the 2-week run in Glasgow's Theatre Royal.
What operatic riches!
