At the time of this Scottish premiere by students of Edinburgh University, Vaughan Williams' Falstaff opera really was quite a rarity. The length of the cast list may help to explain why performances remain scarce - the adaptation by Boito for Verdi is so much more concise than the composer's own adaptation here. Even Nicolai's Merry Wives holds the stage with rather more confidence.
The scans of the programme were kindly supplied by Ivor Klayman.
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