March 2024 Vol ume 75 No. 3 Editor John Allison Deputy Editors Erica Jeal Henrietta Bredin US Editor Rebecca Paller Commercial Director Megan Jackson Editorial Board Hugh Canning Rupert Christiansen Andrew Clark Andrew Clements Richard Fairman George Hall Fiona Maddocks Roger Parker Editorial O ffices 36 Black Lion Lane London W6 9BE Tel: +44 (0)20 8563 8893 editor@opera.co.uk www.opera.co.uk

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Founded in 1950 by the Earl of Harewood

Past Editors Harold Rosenthal

and Rodney Milnes

293 Still decreasing circles

By the Editor 294 Newsdesk 15 9 Travelling with ‘The Passenger’

Aleksander Laskowski traces Zofia Posmysz’s journey from Auschwitz to opera 300 Ringing bells

Nigel Simeone on Adrian Boult and ‘Parsifal’ 309 People 524: Aleksandra Kurzak

Er i c Myers 316 Finding the passion

Great singers in great roles: Carol Vaness talks to Roger Pines about Donna Anna 324 Metropolitan Opera broadcasts 329 Opera in the USA 3 41 Opera around the world 389 Opera in the UK 395 Opera on DVD and Blu-ray 401 Opera on CD 413 Opera books 415 Obituaries 419 Coming events

including plans for the UK houses and Seattle Opera; Spotlight; ‘We hear that …’; Opera calendar home and abroad 432 Stage Door: Emily Pogorelc

Roger Pines

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