February 1979
Yol 30 No 2
Fo1111ded by the Earl of Harmoocl
Editor
HAROLD ROSENTHAL
Associate Editors Alan Blyth, Rodney Milnes Editorial Board Elizabeth Forbes, Arthur Jacobs, Max Leppert,
William Mann, Charles Osborne, Andrew Porter, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, John Warrack
Personal Assisrant to the Editor Deidre Tilley Editorial Offices: 6 Woodla11d Rise, Lo11don NJO 3UH
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The role of the comprimario: A conversation between John Dobson and the Editor I L J ·Carmen' on television by Joseph Wechsberg J 19 Opera on the Gramophone: 46 ·Eugene Onegin· Part I by A /011 Blrr/1 121 Obituaries J 2 Our Critics Abroad : Report from America, Austria. Brazi l, Czecho lovak ia , France, Germany. Ita ly, Poland, Yugosla ia 129
COMJ G EVE TS - SUPPLEME T including plans for Kent Opera, New York C it y Opera. Paris Opera, Queen land Opera Company, Bayreuth and Sa lzburg Festivals; ·we hear th a t .. .", Opera Calendar 137- 14 Gramophone Records 14 Book Re iews 150 Brief Chronicles J 74 Londo 11 Opera Dia ry: including re, iews of ·JI barbiere di Siviglia·, 'Die Fledermaus', and ·un ballo in maschera· at Covent Garden; and · Der Ro enkavalier· at th Coliseum l 75 In Leeds l 3 Student Performances 183 In Concert 1 ( On R adi o 186 Classified Advertisements 192
Front cover: Hildegard Heichele a Adele 111 ·Die Fledermaus· at Covent Garden