OPERA HELD UP
EFFECT ,OF RAILWAY STRIKE.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COI'TRIfIHT.) (AUSTRALIAN JIBVf ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 26th' January. The railway strike produced a contretemps at Covent Garden. The management announced at the end of thft second act of "Siegfried" that Florence Austral was delayed during a journey, and that therefore they wei'e obliged to complete the performance with tha first act of "Die Walkure." Florence Austral, instead of slumbering on a rock, was travelling from Forfar, and arrived at Euston, after delays, too late to be awakened by Siegfried. . ■
,™ egfned" and "Dio Walkure" (The Valkyrie"), are tho second and third of Wagner's "Nibslung Ring" dramas. Florence Austral is a noted Australian soprano. '
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1924, Page 7
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112OPERA HELD UP Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1924, Page 7
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