February 2000 Volume 51 No 2
Editor JohnAlli on Marketing Director AliceLind ay Editorial Board Martin Bemheimer Alan Blyth Hugh Canning Andrew Clark Andrew Clements Richard Fairman Michael Kennedy Fiona Maddocks Rodney Milnes (Chairman) Roger Parker Andrew Porter
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Past Editors Harold Rosenthal and Rodney Milnes pera 145 Crystal balls By the Editor 146 Thede tiny of the pecieslohn
Rockwell con ider the future of opera 156 Mu ic for the millennium? Martin
Bernheimer at the Met' 'Great Gatsby' 160 Reader ' Letter 164 Whitheropera?
The composers speak out: Luciano Berio, Michael Berkeley, Harri on Birtwi tie, Elliott Carter, Detlev Glanert, David Horne, Mauricio Kagel, Steve Reich, Wolfgang Rihm, Aulis Sallinen, Rodion Shchedrin, Karlheinz Stockhau en, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Judith Weir 173 Opera New de k 175
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A librettist's view Amanda Holden on working with Turnage Fifty year of 'Opera' Lord Harewood Obituary Opera Around the World: reports from America, Au tralia, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Ru ia, South Africa, Switzerland 185-196 COMING EVE TS SUPPLEMENT
Adverti ing order and copy to Catherine Hawkin Cabbell Publi hing Ltd 31 Hartfield Crescent London SW 19 3SG Tel: 020 8395 3808 Fax: 020 8395 3999
Front Cover: Bryn Terfel in the title role of the Royal Opera's new production of 'Fal taff' (photo: Clive-Barda)
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including plan for the UKhou es; Naple , Palermo, Venice, Auckland, Wellington; Fe ti val ; 'We hear that. .. '; Opera calendar home and abroad Opera on disc British Opera Diary: WNO's 'Rigoletto' and 'Don Giovanni'; 'Peter Grime ' and 'Alcina' at the Cali eum; the Opening Celebration and 'Fal taff' at the Royal Opera Hou e; 'Rinaldo at the Barbican 242 Opera on the fringe 251 Opera at the college 252 In recital 255 Cla ified adverti ement 256 I can't live without ... OPERA
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