Opera Scotland

Lohengrin 1902Moody-Manners Opera Company

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Philip Brozel was a familiar name to Wagner fans, as he sang regularly with the Carl Rosa company in the nineties.  Since leaving them he had been to New York, singing Tannhäuser at the Met.  He had also appeared at Bayreuth.  He spent one season with Moody-Manners, and the company's best singers, with the possible exception of Charles Manners himself, were on stage with him.  He did rejoin the company in 1908, after spending a few more years on the continent.

 

The 1902 Scottish visit by Moody-Manners was distinctly brief, with a single Edinburgh week in the spring and a Glasgow week in the autumn.

Dates were as follows:-

Edinburgh, w/c Mar 10:  Mon Faust;  Tue 11 Lohengrin;  Wed 12 Tannhäuser;  Thu 13  Carmen;  Fri 14  Much Ado About Nothing;  Sat 15 mat Carmen;  Sat 15 mat  Maritana.

Glasgow, w/c Oct 20:  Mon Tannhäuser;  Tue 21 Trovatore;  Wed 22 Lohengrin;  Thu 23 Carmen;  Fri 24 Pag & Cav;  Sat 25 mat Faust;  Sat 25 eve Bohemian Girl.

Cast details for 11 March are from a programme in the Opera Scotland collection.