December 1972

Vol 23 No12

Fo1111ded b_r the Earl of Hare1rood

Editor

HAROLD ROSENTHAL Ala n Bl yth

Associate Editor Editorial Board Arth ur Jacobs. William Mann. Charles Osbo rne.

And rew Por te r. Desmond Shawe-Taylo r . John Warrack Editorial Offices: 6 Woodland Rise, London NJO 3 UH

Contents 'War and Peace' at the Coliseum by Alan Bly th

Tippett on Opera : Sir Michael Tippett talks to the Editor

Meilhac, Halevy and Viennese operetta by Andrew Lamb

Towards Music Theatre by Rodney Milnes

Our Critics Abroad ; Reports from America, Argentina, Austria, Brazil , Canada, France, Germany, Holland , Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland

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COMING EVENTS - SUPPLEMENT including plans for Nice, La Scala, Milan, aples, Rome, Trieste, Venice, Monte Carlo ; 'We hear that .. .'; Opera Calendar 1081 - 1092

Record Reviews by Alan Bly th

Reader's Letter

Brief Chronicles from the USSR

50 Years Ago ... 25 Years Ago

Obituary

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London Opera Diary including reviews of the English Opera Group's and Handel Society Society's seasons at Sadler's Wells Theatre, and 'Ernani' at the Royal Festival Hall 1116 Glyndebourne Touring Opera 1126 At Hever 1128 Welsh National Opera season 1129 On Radio 1132 Front cover : Raymond Myers as Napoleon in 'War and Peace' at the London Coliseum

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