September 2014 Volume 65 No 9 Editor John Allison Deputy Editors Erica Jeal Hugo Shirley Commercial Director Megan Jackson Editorial Board Martin Bernheimer Hugh Canning Rupert Christiansen Andrew Clark Andrew Clements Richard Fairman George Hall Michael Kennedy Fiona Maddocks Rodney Milnes (Chairman) Roger Parker Andrew Porter Editorial Offices 36 Black Lion Lane London W6 9BE Telephone: 020 8563 8893 Fax: 020 8563 8635 email: editor@opera.co.uk W ebsite: www .opera.co.uk operam agazine @operamagazin e Subscriptions Esco, Trinity House, Sculpins Lane, Wethersfield Braintree CM7 4AY Telephone: 01371 851804 Fax: 01371 851808 email: opera@escosubs.co.uk Advertising Jane Stoggles Cabbell Publishing Ltd T elephone: 020 3603 7940 email: jane@cabbell.co.uk Fr ont cover Antonio Pappano (see pp. 1062-8) (photo: Sim Canetty-Clarke)

1061 Everyone’s a loser

By the Editor 1062 ‘It’s not voodoo’

Founded in 1950 by the Earl of Harewood

Past Editors Harold Rosenthal and Rodney Milnes

Antonio Pappano talks to Jo hn Allison 1070 Readers’ letters 1073 Vorsprung durch Musik

As he celebrates 25 years at DNO, Pierre Audi talks to Hugh Canning 1081 Newsdesk 1085 160 candles

Andrew Cle ments charts the operatic careers of Peter Maxwell Davies an d Harrison Birtwistle, both 80 this year 1090 Risotto con variazioni

Carlo Rizzi talks to John All ison about his Rossini season 1096 Obituary 1099 Opera around th e world 1140 Opera in Britain 1174 Opera on CD 1182 Opera on DVD and Blu-ray 1 185 Opera books 1187 Coming events including plans for the UK houses, Berlin (Deutsche Oper), Naples, Strasbour g and Zurich; ‘W e hear that …’; Opera calendar home and abroad 1 199 Classified advertisements 1200 Largo al fa ctotum …

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