OPERA COMMENTARIES
Sir,-There has been some criticism of late in your columns respecting the value of opera commentaries. It does not seem to have occurred to any of these critics that the object of the running commentary is merely to explain the story and action of the various operas for the benefit of listeners who are ignorant of them. Since the majority of operas are sung in foreign languages, it should be obvious that some such explanation in English is necessary, otherwise how can the average listener know
what it is all about?--
WRITER OF
COMMENTARIES
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 216, 13 August 1943, Page 3
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96OPERA COMMENTARIES New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 216, 13 August 1943, Page 3
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