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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21987, 23 June 1933, Page 5

The extended lease of the Covcnt Garden Opera House, London, famous alike for its perfect acoustics and for its great singing traditions, has expired or is about to expire, and unless early action is taken there is every prospect that the theatre will be demolished. Indeed, tentative plans for shops and offices to occupy the site have already been prepared. ft was recently stated that Covcnt Garden properties, Ltd., to whom the opera house belongs, is willing to part with the freehold for £250,000, «r to grant the freehold at about £IB,OOO a year, which, although a large sum compared with theatre rents paid in recent years, is not considered excessive. Although the loss of England’s home of opera would be irreparable, there was no word until recently of any negotiations to save it.