Stephen Hall
p. 112 · Read in the full issue
Will Escort
Music Lovers
On Tour
Stephen Hall, artistic director of the Australian Opera will escort music lovers on a grand tour of Europe’s most celebrated cities of art and music. The party will leave Sydney on July 21 by British Air ways jumbo jet.
Mr Hall, who has had the oppor tunity of working with producers of the calibre of Zeffirelli, Visconti, Rudolf Hartmann and Peter Hall, as well as such artists as Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland and Tito Gobbi, will act as artistic adviser.
He will take the group to Bay reuth to hear Wagner, to the Salz burg Festival, through Italy and France to Britain for the Edinburgh Festival.
In addition they will see Hong Kong and the Taj Mahal in India on the way over and Bangkok on the way back.
Stephen Hall spent six years in London and was on the staff of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
He has produced 11 operas for the Australian Opera and two new works by Australian composers, which re cently had premieres.
At present he is working on the production of Tosca for the Aust ralian Opera’s Melbourne season.