The present relations in France between the State and the director of the opera are as follows:- The Paris Opera House, like all other theatres in France, and for the matter of that all institutions in the domain of Art in that country, is under the direct control and dependence of the Minister of Fine Arts, who has absolute power in appointing a director, in drawing up the cahier des charges, in imposing certain conditions and even in interfering with the administration of the theatre.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
Now, for this, immediate and various measures interfering with property, and condemned by our current economics, were requisite.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
I'm not sure I want one interfering with us, dear.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford