Gene Halaburt ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Peter Harzem wrote:
>
>>Some 35 (+/-?) years ago I was fortunate enough to hear Reginald Goodall
>>conduct the Meistersinger, and the Ring at the English National Opera
>>in London.  At each performance (possibly all but one) he/they received
>>standing ovation, and justly so--not a common display by English opera
>>audiences.
>
>The habit of giving every performance and performer, no matter how
>mediocre, a "standing ovation,"

But, as Peter pointed out, the standing ovation is not (or certainly was
not 35 years ago) common in England.

Deryk Barker
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