In 1945 Ralph Hawkes, the director of an English publishing house, told the Arts Council of London that his company would share the costs of reopening the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London. ... But he had to learn his craft as he went along, for there was no tradition of opera wrirting Britain.
――専修大学 経済学部経営学科・商学部会計学科・文学部日本語日本文・英語英米文学科(2月8日実施)――2004年