National Opera Countless 'efforts have been made in recent years
to put Opera on a firmer basis in England—almost all unsuccess- ful. Thus the formation -of a new National Opera Council, though interesting, need not be taken to mean that the old problem has yet been iolved. It is' true that the combination of the B:B.C., the Grand Opera Syndicate, the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells, With Sir Thomas Heecham's Imperial Opera League, promises well, because the 11.B.C. and the League 'have funds while the directors of the three theatres- have experience. But time alone van show Whether the British public will regularly flock to the opera as people do On the Continent. The broadcast- ing of operas, espeelally during the short . Covent Garden season, his doubtless helped to create a taste for them, While the Carl Rosa Company, which may, it is mid, enter the combination, has done valiant work for many years up and down the country. But past disappointments make it unwise to expect too much froM the new scheme.
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