Grand Opera in Mew Zealand
SOCIETY STARTS WORK IN WELLINGTON Par Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. The newly-formed New Zealand Grand Opera Company carried its project of establishing grand opera as a permanent institution in New Zealand a step further to-night when the first general meeting of members was held. The society’s intention, is to form branches in other centres, commencing with Dunedin. In Wellington 150 singers have enrolled with the society within the last month. It was announced that the first presentation of the society would be “a triple bill” (subject to permission to perform), comprising the first act of "Faust, the ballet from "La Gioconda,” and Mascagni’s "Cavalleria Rusticana.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 132, 7 June 1935, Page 7
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111Grand Opera in Mew Zealand Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 132, 7 June 1935, Page 7
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