Glyndebourne's Loss
: UDOLF BING, the man who con- : ceived the idea of the first Edin‘burgh Festival of Music and Drama, and who has been Director and General Manager of the Glyndebourne Opera Company, is reported to have accepted an offer to become General Manager of the New York Metropolitan Opera as from next year. This will be as much Britain’s loss as America’s gain, for the success of the first two Edinburgh Festivals is said to have been largely due to Bing’s genius as an organiser and entrepreneur in this difficult field of entertainment. He had a distinguished early career in operatic ‘management on the Continent, and in 1934 he went to Britain, and later became head of the Glyndebourne Opera. The New York Metropolitan has been losing money for several years, and last ‘season it nearly didn’t open at all. Some of the causes of this are said to be (apart from lack of sufficient public support) its over-age scenery, out-dated lighting and staging effects, and underenthusiastic singing and acting. But Bing’s experience of handling opera, ty and drama on an international
scale at Edinburgh should stand him in good stead when he takes over the running of "America’s greatest operatic institution."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 526, 22 July 1949, Page 24
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203Glyndebourne's Loss New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 526, 22 July 1949, Page 24
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