GRAND OPERA FOR YEARS
GREAT BRITISH REVIVAL broadcasting links up COVENT GARDEN NEW PLAN SEASONS IN PROVINCES British Wireless. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Noy. 16. Grand Opera for millions of radio listeners as well as the general public of London and the provinces is the object of a plan arranged between a Covent Garden opera syndicate and the British (Broadcasting Corporation. More than 200 performances will be given yearly, and of these at least 60 will be broadcast. An annual income of £30,000 has been guaranteed from various sources. Apart from the grand season of ten weeks at Covent Garden there will be autumn and winter seasons of six weeks each in London and two-week seasons in at least six provincial centres. Except for the grand season, popular prices will be charged at ail performances. To encourage home talent the artists employed are almost all to be British. Arrangements are being completed for the participation of Sir Thomas Beecham and the Imperial League of Opera in the plan. The continuance of Covent Garden opera for a number of years is assured, and any suspicion that the famous old opera house might cease to exist is allayed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1930, Page 7
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