Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Augustus Harris
Standard Name: Harris, Augustus
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1889-1893: Augustus Harris rented Covent Garden opera...
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1889-1893
Augustus Harris
rented Covent Garden
opera house, where he instigated many changes. Most notably, French and German operas were performed in their original language for the first time at that venue.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
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Nettel, Reginald. The Orchestra in England: A Social History. Jonathan Cape, 1956.