GRAND OPERA IN BRITAIN.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20088, 18 November 1930, Page 11

GRAND OPERA IN BRITAIN.

! -MILLIONS OF LISTENER. i •BRXi'ISH OFHCIiI. (lteeeive-d November 17th, 5.S p.rn.) UI'GIJY, November 10. Grand opera for millions of radio 1 ih>L>'ncrs, as vveil as the general public- in London the provinces, is the object o} a plait arranged between tho Coven i. Garden Opoi a Syndicate and the British Broadcasting Corpoi ation. More than 'J!)0 performances v. ill hj Jiivcn yearly, and ol' these at least t>J will he bread'raoted. An annual income ul JJdd.tKtU lias been yuai anletxl Iron) various sources. Apart from the Grand Opera season ui ton weeks at Covent Garden, there will be autumn and winter seasons of six weeks each in London an<l tivo-ivefik teasons in at least six provincial centre'-. fcoccept for the Grand Opera season, popular prices will be charged at all performances. To encourage home talent the artists employed are nearly ail to be. British. Arrangements are being completed for the participation of Sir Thomas lieecham and tho Imperial League of Opera in the plan. Tho continuance of the Cnvcnt Garden opera for a number of years is assured, and any suspicion that the fr.mous old Opera Hoiije might >-e:>?.o to evjst is allayd EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF BROADCASTING. SCIENTIST'S PREDICT! ON. LONDON, November lb. In-day is the eighth anniversary <-, i broadcasting in lCngland. Sir Oliver Lodge predicts that in tho iery n&;>r future the whole world will he linke<l up and broadcasting received with the same clearness 'as local programme's. Captain P. P. lOokeiijley, late chief ungineer to the British Broadcasting: Corporation expects that in the future wireless will he laid on to houses instead of being received through sets, and within a decade householders will have buttons to press and an infinite choice of programme::.