Jeanie Deans (opera)

[2] The ending of the opera, in which Jeanie's sister, Effie Deans is freed from Tolbooth prison, is not in Scott's novel.

It was not seen in the theatre again until Glasgow Grand Opera Society staged it as their contribution to Festival Year 1951 with Joan Alexander in the title role.

[1] A production by Opera West at the Gaiety Theatre, Ayr, in February 1986 used new orchestral material prepared thanks to a Scottish Arts Council grant (the older having been lost).

[5] Excerpts from the opera were recorded in Govan Town Hall in June 1995 by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins with Janice Watson in the title role.

The excerpts, along with other music by MacCunn, including The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, were released by Hyperion Records (CDA66815) the same year.