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FULL THE GOLDEN COCKEREL Glasgow 1979 William McCue, John Robertson, Donald Maxwell, Elizabeth Gale
Popular Singers in this Opera Recording
   
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Zolotoy petushok aka The Golden Cockerel   
- Composer: Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai  
- Libretto: Vladimir Belsky    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Scotland, Scottish Opera, Glasgow  
- Recorded: September 5, 1979
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: John Winfield, William McCue, John Robertson, Donald Maxwell, Marie Slorach, Inga Lisa Amelfa, Claire Livingstone, Norman White, Elizabeth Gale, Jim Hastie
- Conductor: Henry Lewis   
- Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra  
- Chorus: Scottish Opera  
- Stage Director: David Poutney  
- Stage Designer: Sue Blane  
- Costume Designer: Maria Björnson  
- Lighting Designer: Charles Bristow  
View quality is poor, as is audio, and there is a lot of dropout in the first 30 minutes. However, this is a welcome record of Scottish Opera in its heyday, a fabulous, funny, glittering production excellently sung, which I remember well and am delighted to see again.