Founded by th e Earl of Harewood

Vol 13 No 12

DECEMBER 1962

Editor: H A R O L D R O SE NT H A L

Assistant Editor: A R r H u R J A co B s Editorial Board: P H I L I P H o P E - w A L LA c E WILLIAM MA ., ANDREW PORTER D E S M O D S H A W E - T A Y L O R, J O H W A R R A C K

CONTENTS

Opera on the Gramophone: 11

Puccini·s Wild West by Harold Rosenthal 'Don Giovanni' and Romanticism by Michael Fosbery Master-Classes at Bayreuth by J. M. Thomson Opera's Popularity in Leipzig page 781

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and reports from West Berlin , Cologne, Diisseldorf, Hamburg, Hitzacker, Stuttgart, Chicago, Vienna, Graz, Antwerp, Rio de Janeiro, Turin, Tokyo Television Operas at Salzburg by Lionel Salter We hear that Obituary Coming Events in London Gramophone Records London Opera Diary On Television Provincial Opera Diary Readers· Letters Italian Opera House Plans, 1962-3 Christmas Competition Opera Calendar

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