OPERA IN AUCKLAND
»ir,-Once more, two blacks do not make a‘ white. Your correspondent Gordon ‘Dryland has accused Sarah CamPion of not getting around and knowing what has been going on in Aucklana, when she inferred that opera cannot be successfully produced here. Unfortunately, the correspondent commits the same "sin" in mentioning only two local efforts, the Opera Workshop’s two seasons and a concert performance of two acts of La Bohéme by the Auckland Grand Opera Society. Before this, however, in 1955, and again in 1956, the Milverton-Carta Opera Group staged two Grand Opera seasons. These were most successful both artistically and financially, with excellent response from public and press. The operas performed were Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, Savitr (Holst), L’Entant Prodigue (Debussy), the latter two being first New Zealand performances, together with acts and scenes from Tales of Hoffman, ll Trovatore, Lucia de Lammermoor and Rigoletto. These were complete in every detail, with one exception, including full ballet (which neither the Wellington Company nor the Workshop presented) and full chorus, which again was not in the Wellington company’s | programmes. The exception .was that the group performed to two pianos, just as the New Zealand Ballet Company has done with equal success. Previous to this Auckland had also seen a most successful production by the Amateur Operatic Society (Auckland) of Smetana’s The Bartered Bride performed with full orchestra, chorus and ballet. The Milverton-Carta Opera Group is also planning a further season early next year. Do please let us give credit where credit is due.
MOLLIE G.
HOLDING
Hon. Secretary. Milverton-Carta Opera Group.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 940, 16 August 1957, Page 11
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