OPERA (Founded b y the E ARL OF H AREWOOD)

Vol 9 No 2

FEBRUARY 1958

Editor: HAROLD ROSE THAL Assistant Edi tor : JOH WARRACK Associate Editors: PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE,

WILLIAM MA, N, A DREW PORTER, DESMOND SHAWE-TAYLOR

Contents

Cover : G ig li as Lionel in 'Martha ' Training fo r Opera-A Symposium

The Editor

Thomas Armstrong Sir E rnest Bullock Edric Cundell Norman Tucker David W e bste r Anne Wood and Joan C ross, C.B.E. Opera Workshops by John Denison American Schoolroom Opera by M ary Ellis Pelt z Beniamino G igli-An Appreciation by Philip Hope-Wallace Opera a t Drury Lane N ews G ramophone R ecord s Opera Diary Opera Cal enda r page 72

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