OPERA (Founded by t he EARL OF H AREWOOD)
Vol 12 No 2
FEBRUARY 1961
Editor: HAROLD ROSENTHAL A ssista n t Editor: ARTIILR JAC0 £3S Editori a l Bo c! r d : PH ILIP HOPE-WALLACE.
W ILLI A~! MANN. ANDREW PORTER. DESMOND SH.\ W E-TAYLOR. JOHN W.A RRACI(
Contents
Cover: Patricia Kern as Rosina Photo Guy Gravell
Comment-A Question o f Sta ndards
On the Road to "Fidel io · ( 1814) bY Emil_,. Anderson
Klemperer·s Operatic Career page 81
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La Sca la·s . 1ew Season b \" Harold Rosenthal and World R rport 1 from Napl('s. Rom e. Berlin. Hamlm rg. Dallas. Chicago. New York , Boston. V ienna
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Coming Events
Summer Festi va ls. 196 1
Obituary
G ramophone Records Reviewed
Opera Diary Covent Garden. Sadler·1 Wells, Royal F('stival Hall. B.B .C. Tele vision and Sound, Oxford Uni versi1y Oprra Club
Readers· Letters
Opera Calendar
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