January 1972

Vol 23

Founded by the Earl of Hare wood

No1

Editor

HAROLD ROSENTHAL Alan Blyth

Associate Editor Editorial Board Arthur Jacobs, William Mann, Char les Osborne,

Andrew Porter, Desmond Sha we-Taylor, John Wa rrack Editorial Offices: 6 Woodland Rise, London N JO 3UH

Contents Covent Garden's new 'Figaro' by th e Editor

100 Years of 'Aida' by John W. Klein

People: 94 Placido Domingo by Harold Rosenthal

Opera on the Gramophone: 31

'Siegfried' - Part 2 by A lan Bly th

Readers Repl y to Rodney Milnes

6

11

18

25

31

Wagner in New York and Chicago by A lan Bly th

35

COMING EVENTS - SUPPLEMENT including plans for La Scala, Rome Opera, Venice, 'We hear that .. . '; Opera Calendar

Record Reviews by Harold Rosenthal

41-52

53

American Postscript by the Editor

Wexford Festival, October 1971 by Elizabeth Forbes

57

60

The Kennedy Arts Centre

64

Our Critics Abroad: Reviews of performance in Italy, Austria, Bra zi l, France, German y, Hungary, Sweden

Obituary

66

81

London Opera Diary including review of the new production of 'The Coronation of Poppaea' at the London Coliseum by Stanely Sadie 82 University Performances 91 Readers' Letters 94 Front cover: Kiri Te Kanawa as the Countess, Reri Grist as Susanna in 'Le Nozze di Figaro' at Covent Garden

Classified advertisements

96 and inside back cover