Exasperating
FOUND the 4YA presentation of Mozart’s Magic Flute exasperating. It began at five minutes past eight, and was scheduled for the usual interruption by the Sunday night talk; but in fact the performance was halted gome 10 minutes before a quarter to nine, and the vacuum was filled with records. Then came the talk, followed by the chimes, followed by the weather forecast, followed by the news, followed at long last by some more Magic Flute. Shorty after ten we were told that that would be all for to-night, and that the remainder of the opera would be heard at a later date. Surely radio listeners deserve as much consideration as theatre audiefices. When we tune in to an opera, is it too much to expect to hear the opera, the whole opera, and (more. important than all) nothing but the opera,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 515, 6 May 1949, Page 11
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143Exasperating New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 515, 6 May 1949, Page 11
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