Raymond Gubbay’s new Savoy Opera is preparing to make its debut. But can the company succeed as London’s third opera house? “Their idea is to present accessible opera sung in English for the price of a West End show (highest ticket price £49.50, whereas at the Royal Opera the best seats for the most sought-after shows cost £170). They want to tempt in the sort of audience who might go to Holland Park Opera or Gubbay’s Albert Hall extravaganzas, but who might find the aura associated with Covent Garden or the Coliseum off-putting.”