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January 1991 Volume 42 No 1

Rodney Milnes

Max Loppcrt

Alan Blyth . Hugh Canning. Andrew Clements. Richard Fairman. Elizabeth Forbes. Arthur Jacobs. Charles Osborne. Andrew Porte r.

Desmond Shawe-Taylor. John Warrack

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The Ice Break? by rhe Ediror 15

People 170: Sally Burgess by Elisabeth Forbes 16

Readers· Letters 22

Filling ·The Jewel Box· by Paul Griffi rhs 24 The Ring' respected by Barry Mil/ingron 28

In the News 32

Richard Lewis (191-l--1990) by A lan Blyrh 33

Dance into Opera by A lcmair Macaulay 37

Obituary 44

Our Critics Abroad: reports from America, Austria. Canada, Finland , France. Germany. Italy, etherlands.

Switzerland . Yugoslavia 45

COMI G EVE TS SUPPLEMENT

including plans fo r Covent Garden, E 10 , W 0. Opera 80. Sante Fe. Montpellier. Palermo. Lisbon. Savonlinna

Festival; 'We hear that ... ·

Book Reviews

British Opera Diary. with reviews of GTO's · ew Year·:

Opera Factory·s ·Satyricon·: ·Attila·, ·Barbiere· and

·Fidelio· at Covent Garden; E 10's double bill of 'Fennimore and Gerda· and 'Gianni Schicchi ', and 'Cosl fa n tutte· Fringe Performances Student Performances

In Concert Record Reviews Classified Advertisements

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Front cover: Sally Burgess as Fennimore in Delius·s opera at the London Coliseum (photo: Bill Rafferty)