Opera Scotland

Faust 1942Carl Rosa Opera Company

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The cast details are taken from the Scotsman (9 April).

The reviewer commented on the conductiong of Erik Chisholm (new to the Carl Rosa Company) "While his scale of effect ws at times perhaps a little more suggestive of the concert-room than of the theatre, he gave a sound, musicianly rendering of the opera, and there was a careful attention to detail.

"As Faust, Tudor Davies sang throughout with a fine art. Kingsley Lark's Mephistopheles departs somewhat from tradition, and in doing so gains in sinister effect. There was a charming Marguerite, Ruth Packer..."

As far as Scotland was concerned, the 1942 Carl Rosa season consisted of three weeks in Glasgow, followed by two in Edinburgh. Crowded houses were reported, evidenced in part by the Wednesday matinees.

Mon 16 Mar Traviata; Tue Barber of Seville; Wed mat Butterfly; Wed Evg Trovatore; Thu Rigoletto; Fri Butterfly; Sat m Barber of Seville; Sat e Faust

Mon 23 Mar Barber of Seville; Tue Boheme; Wed mat Trovatore; Wed evg Butterfly; Thu Faust; Fri Rigoletto; Sat m Traviata; Sat e Boheme.

Mon 30 Mar Barber of Seville; Tue Madam Butterfly; Wed m Barber of Seville; Wed evg Traviata; Thu Marriage of Figaro; Fri Trovatore; Sat m Marriage of Figaro; Sat e Rigoletto.

Mon 6 April Barber of Seville; Tuesday Butterfly; Wed m Marriage of Figaro; Wed evg Faust; Thu Boheme; Fri Traviata; Sat m Marriage of Figaro; Sat e Trovatore.

Mon 13 Apr Traviata; Tue Marriage of Figaro; Wed m Boheme; Wed evg Trovatore; Thu Rigoletto; Fri Barber of Seville; Friday evg Faust