ARTHUR BLISS
... Photograph by Angus M cBean registered a triumph for English music when his new opera The Olympians, with libretto by J. B. Priestley, opened the season at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. A romantic comedy, the score has a wealth of melodic cnarm wmcn aengntea tne nrst-nignt auaience ana marxs a aeparture irom tne style 01 nis tormer worKS. Based on a fantasy of the Hellenic gods and set ...