Founded by rhe Earl of Hareil'ood

Vol 18 No. I

JANUARY 1967

Editor: H A R O L D R O SE TH A L

Deputy Editor : ART H u R J A c o B s Overseas News Editor : ALAN BLYTII

Edito rial Board : PHILI P HOPE-\v ALLACE. WI LLI AM M,\ NJ . ANDREW PORTER. O[Sfv!OND SHAWE-TAYLOR, JOHN \VARRACK

CONTENTS

Editor·s Comment : 'E manca la di va· Peopl e : 68

J ames McCracken by Audrey Williamson H a rewood in America : JI Opera on the Gramophone: 15

'Arabella' by Alan J efferson Rome·s 'Rigoletto' by William Weaver and overseas reports from Italy, America. Belgium. Chi le. D enmark. Eire. Germany (West). Germany (East). I srael, Mexico, Sweden COMING EVENTS-SUPPLEME T

includ ing pla ns for Scottish Opera. Milan. Catania, Pa lermo ; Summer Festi va ls 1967; 'We hea r that . .. '; BBC Broadcasts, and Opera Calendar January- February G ramophone Record Review Brief Chronicles from Au t ria. Germany (We t & Ea t). Ita ly .

S,, eden. Switzerland Opera F ifty Years Ago ... And Twenty-F ive Yea rs Ago Obituary London Opera Diary includ in g reviews of 'The Violin of

St Jacq ues· at Sadler's Well s. and ·Le ozze di Figaro· a nd 'Tosca· at Covent Garden Out of London :

. ew Company's debut at Worcest r by Stan ley Sadie Ledl a net : 'Pierrot Lunaire' dramatized 'O pera for A ll' - For Whom? by Arthur Jacobs A t th e U ni versities: Ariadne a nd Jenny Readers· Letters

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