A NOVEL STRIKE
Nearly half the artiste of the Budapest State Opera ( wen€ on strike recently as a protest against the appearance of foreign singers on that stage. The strike was started on original lines. In the course of the performance of Rossini’s ‘Barber of Seville’ Bon Sebastian had to sing his song to Roslta; instead of which the respective artists sang the proclamation of the strike committee, declaring at the end that the strike had started and the production was finished.
The audience protested energetically, ■ and the strike committee expressed its willingness to finish the performance and start the strike on the following day.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3249, 20 January 1926, Page 7
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105A NOVEL STRIKE Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3249, 20 January 1926, Page 7
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