GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
Sir,-Can you tell me the reason for the very exasperating way in which these Operas are being presented from the various Stations? On Tuesday, February 12, from 1YA we had 40 minutes, during which time we were treated to portions of Act 1 of Iolanthe and Act 2 of The Sorcerer, The result was a mutilation of both Operas leading to a sense of frustration and a wealth of bad language. In that 40 minutes we could have had the whole act of either of the operas. Is it a question of copyright, or are the programme organisers completely out of touch with the listeners? If the former, how is it that prior to the war we were able to have a complete opera in one presentation? Se Perhaps the programme organisers think that half a loaf is better than no bread, but I can assure them that to a real Gilbert and Sullivan enthusiast, such a presentation as we had last Tuesday only induces a sense of disgust.
W. R.
SMEE
(Auckland).
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Shorty" (Dunedin): Not reviewed in Lis« tener. "Left, but Right" (Dunedin): Too personal. "One Reader" (Auckland): We accept your protest but not your interpretation of the article. "Joe" (Tauranga): Thanks, but look again -on Page 12, ;
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 349, 1 March 1946, Page 5
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