January 2000 Volume 51 No 1
Edilor John Iii on Marke1i11g Director Alice Lindsay Editorial Board Martin Bernheimer
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Thank and no thank By the Editor Reading from Janae k' 'Diary' Michael Billington at the R T Reader ' Letter The ' ow' come almost home Patrick O'Connor on Weill's 'Der Ku hhandel' E ential opera: Hal 'vy 'La Juive' Cormac Newark People 259: Ala tair Mile Margaret Davies Opera ew de k A window on the future Geo,ge Loomis vi it the Maryin ky' Academy The piece don't fit Rodney Milnes at Wexford Berlioz' literary memorial Michael Kennedy n the Cairn biography Obituary Op ra Around the World: report from
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111 rica, Au traJia, Au tria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Ru ia, Switzerland COM! G EVE T PPLEMENT including plan for the Khou e ; Saint Loui , Dre den, Glimmergla , Macerata, Wexford; 'We hear that ... '; Opera calendar home and abroad Opera book Briti h Opera Diary: GTO's 'P I leas et Melisande'; 'Boh'me' and 'King Priam' at the Coli um; 'Friend of The People' at cotti h Opera Opera on the fringe Opera in concert Opera on di c Cla ified adverti ement I can't live without. .. critic Peter Jonas
