August 2003 Volume 54 No 8

Editor John Alli on Marketing Director Alice Lind ay A sistant Editor Erica Jeal ubscriptions Manager Angela Kipling

Editorial Board Martin Bernheimer Alan Blyth Hugh anning Rupert Chri tiansen ndrew Clark ndrew Clements Richard Fairman Michael Kennedy Fiona Maddocks Rodney Milne ( hairman) Roger Parker ndrew Porter

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Front cover: Nina lemme a l olde at Glyndebourne ( ee pp. I 004-7) (photo: Mike Hoban)

era Founded in 1950 by the Earl of Harewood

Past Editors Harold Rosenthal and Rodney Milnes

915 Languag barrier

By the Editor 916 Reader ' letters 918 A fertile modernism

Stephen Pettitt introduces Henze'!; new opera 923 People 298: hri topher Ventri

Tim mith 92 ewsd k 930 Puccini full tature

Rich.arc/ Bradshaw welcomes two new biographies 934 Luciano Beri , 1925-200

Graham Vick, Andrew lements 938 t Bru cantini, 1919-2003

Giorgio Gualerzi 940 Obituary 943 Opera around the world 985 Opera in Britain I OJ I Opera on CD JO 19 Opera books I 021 Coming events including plan for the UK houses, ntwerp and Ghent Hel inlci Bordeaux, Berlin (Deutsche Oper), m terdam, tockh Im, Geneva, Lausanne; 'We hear that ... '; Opera calendar home and abroad I 035 Cla ified adverti ement 1036 My fir t opera: ' ida'

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