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| Dear Carl Rosa |
23 February 2001 |
Last week my wife and I attended a superb production of The Mikado by the Carl Rosa Opera Company.
It was a joy to be present at a performance that not only reached the highest standards, but also
faithfully re-produced the Gilbert and Sullivan original. The prolonged applause at the end was
confirmation that the whole audience felt the same as us.
I am writing to you to express our concern that such artistic excellence attracts no financial
support from the Arts Council. Surely this cannot be right and we would respectfully urge you to
ensure this anomaly be reviewed and, hopefully, rectified in the near future.
With so much money provided by the general public having been wasted on the infamous Dome and other
failing millennium projects, it is now time priority be given to viable projects which are attempting
to preserve, inter alia, our musical heritage.
Yours sincerely
Name Withheld
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Dear Mr Mulloy |
14 January 2001 |
On Sunday 7th January, I was in the car listening to GMR when I heard you on the Nick Robins programme.
I have never seen any opera and am ashamed to admit that I have only been to the theatre a handful of
times in my entire life. I was, therefore, fascinated by what you had to say about the The Mikado
and thought it sounded brilliant and not at all what I expected opera to be.
On arriving home, I paced nervously around the kitchen before “confessing” to my wife that I really
needed to see this! At first she thought I’d been to the pub rather than catching up on some work at
the office. I then set about trying to find someone to look after the children before taking the plunge
and booking the most expensive seats in the theatre.
My wife and I had a superb time and found the whole production to be most enjoyable. We particularly
like Eric Roberts as Ko-Ko; he really is very talented.
I guess that the only problem with going to something so good to start with, is that everything else
after will seem poor by comparison.
Diane and I would love to see another production by your company and will watch the Lowry newsletters
with interest. Best of luck with your overseas tour and thanks to everyone for a great afternoon.
Yours sincerely
Name Withheld
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Dear Mr Mulloy |
13 January 2001 |
My wife an I went to see your Mikado production at Salford Lowry Centre last Thursday and were
so utterly delighted by the show I wanted to send our appreciation. One could not conceive of a more
brilliant production. Staging, costumes, sets, singing,
stagecraft. . . all superb. And it was so
rewarding to know that this was a faithful reproduction of the original as devised by Gilbert. I do
not believe that every G&S production should follow tradition, or creativity is stifled . . . but it
was so good to see an authentic production, as Gilbert intended it to be.
Have you any plans to produce Patience!? I think that is a gem, and an authentic production
would be a true delight.
Thank you again.
Name Withheld
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