ERA ( ounded by the EARL OF HAREWOOD)

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FEBRUARY 1956

Editor: HAROLD RO ENTHAL A ssi tant Editor: A DREW PORTER A ociate Editor : PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE,

WILLIAM MANN, CECIL SMITH, DESMO D SHAWE-TAYLOR

Content Covf'r: Sena Jurinac and Kurt Bohme in ·Der R osenkavalier" at Vienna Acrio11 Photo Am1srm 11g Jones

Handel Operas at Halle hy Roger Fisk e

Succes in Opera: 3 hy Erwin Stein page 76

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Mozart Bicentenary Celebration More abou t Vienna by And/'<! 11' Porter and ChristophN Rae/mm

News Including co111rih111ions hy James Hinton Jr, Evere/f Hel111. L eo Rie111e11s, Horsr Koegler, Rurh Uehel, Ester Dinacci, Reginald Smir/1 Brindle and C_1'1lfhia Jollr Hook }{ t>vit>ws Opt:ra Diary Opera Cakndc1r

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