Why Not English?
"America's habit of having opera sung in foreign languages and paying foreign stars 10 to 25 times what they would earn at home is why opera is usually on the rocks in this country," said William R. Phillips, voice instructor at an American university's school of music in an address to vocal students. He said that producing operas in English would help to break down this tradition, and give young singers a bigger opportunity to get grand opera roles. "The language barrier is one of the serious deterrents to large scale public appreciation of opera," he said.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 84, 20 August 1948, Page 3
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