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Starting Spanish: 39: Que vamos a hacer manana
A course of 40 lessons written by Brian Dutton and Angel Garcia de Paredes
Presented by Jacinta Castillejo and Pablo Soto, with Cristina Roura, Antonio Lopez
(For book and records see p 10)

7.0 Perspective: Is Opera too Grand?
'Many people are unwilling to try opera because it is popularly called grand opera and is supposed to be concerned with remote societies whose emotional situations nobody today can honestly believe in.'
How far is this recent comment by a music critic in The Times true of opera in Britain today?
Antony Hopkins talks to composer Sir Michael Tippett and to John Tooley, General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

Contributors

Writer (Starting Spanish):
Brian Dutton
Writer (Starting Spanish):
Angel Garcia de Paredes
Presenter (Starting Spanish):
Jacinta Castillejo
Presenter (Starting Spanish):
Pablo Soto
Unknown (Starting Spanish):
Cristina Roura
Unknown (Starting Spanish):
Antonio Lopez
Producer (Starting Spanish):
George Walton Scott
Presenter (Perspective):
Antony Hopkins
Guest (Perspective):
Sir Michael Tippett
Guest (Perspective):
John Tooley
Producer (Perspective):
Dennis Simmons
Source: Radio Times

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