Opera: Off & Running

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But its other aim is to spread the gospel of opera across the country. "Our real ambition," explains Bing, "is that in a number of years this company will no longer be necessary. If, in due course, it can inspire local companies, if it is able to persuade the American public that one can have great opera without stars, then it can disband because it will have done its job."