TO SAVE BRITISH OPERA
MELBA JOINS STRIVERS AN EMPIRE-WIDE APPEAL (Australian and N.Z. Press AssociationJ Reed. 1.15 p.m. LONDON, Sunday. Dame Nellie Melba, from her West End mansion, which previously was the Duchess of Atholl’s famous residence, exclusively informs the Australian and New Zealand Press Association: “I have been approached by Sir Thomas Beecham and many celebrities interested in music to assist Sir Thomas’s opera league. “The first news I learned on arriving from Australia was that Covent Garden was being torn down in two years. This made me sad. I realised that something must be done. “When Sir Thomas approached me, I determined to co-operate with him to save opera for Britain. I am therefore isSuing an appeal to all the Empire, to help to save opera. I propose to work heart and soul and to appeal with both hands. Let us commence a new era of music.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 555, 7 January 1929, Page 9
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149TO SAVE BRITISH OPERA Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 555, 7 January 1929, Page 9
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