Class-mate Of 3YA Man Now At Covent Garden

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 28, 23 December 1938, Page 5

Class-mate Of 3YA Man Now At Covent Garden

‘YEARS ago Percy Heming, artistic organiser of the recent opera season at Covent Garden, had as a classmate at the Royal Academy of Music, Will Hutchens, now conductor of 3YA Orchestra. Myr, Hutchens told the "Record" last week that Heming’s plans for his company included a scheme to give the pick of English opera singers steady occupation for 30 weeks in the year. Mr. Heming, it seems, intends to produce ail types of operas. "Beeause the old favourites are old," he says, "they are not to be treated perfunctorily. ‘Faust’-and what a splendid work taken in all!-will be pronerly vefurbished. As for the singers, the names of most speak for themselves, but there are a few newcomers who should interest the public. One of them is the New Zealand bass, Oscar Natzke.