December 2005 Volume 56 No 12

Editor John lli son Marketing Director A li ce Lindsay Deputy Editor Erica Jeal Subscriptions Manager Megan Jackson

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Front cover: Joyce Di Donato (sec pp. 1434-40) (photo: Sheil a Rock)

era F 011nded in I 950 by the Earl of J-Jarewood

Past Editors J-Jarold Rosenthal and Rodney Milnes

1423 On the record

By the Editor 1424 A question of Kit eh

Robin Holloway 1434 People 32 1: Joyce Di Donato

Stephen Hastings 1440 Readers' letters 1442 'Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding'

Edward Greenfield salutes Schwarzkopf on her 90th. birthday 1448 ewsde k 1449 Mile-high opera

George Hall 1452 Opera around the world 1493 Opera in Britain 15 15 Opera on CD 1523 Opera on DVD 1528 Coming events including plans for the UK house , Nice, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Turin , Mont -Carlo; 'We hear that . . . '; Opera calendar home and abroad 1543 Classif ied adverti sements 1544 Singers remembered: John Alexander

David Shengold

Opera, December 2005

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