General Director Kasper Holten's statement that the new sound system at the Royal Opera Covent Garden will never be used to amplify singers could not be more welcome. A great sound system in an opera house asks for trouble. Considering what I think are fine acoustics in the Royal Opera, the whole idea seemed hard to believe. Though not a problem now in London, the possibility of amplification … [Read more...]
Speight Jenkins on the art of Opera
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