August 1993 Volume 44 No 8

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Front cover: Linda McLeod and Peter Coleman-Wright in 'Inquest of Love' at the Coliseum (photo: Bill Rafferty)

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Who rang the bell-boy? Andrew Clements Readers' Letters People 191: Donald Runnicles Andrew Clark Twenty new operas Andrew Porter Opera Newsdesk Turkey-an operatic state Rodney Milnes Russian Opera Competition: Answers and winners Creativity out of crisis-an introduction to the Canadian Opera Company Peter Dyson Obituary Opera Around the World: reports from America, Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, etherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland COM! G EVENTS S PPLEMENT including plans for the UK houses, Brussels, Helsinki, Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm; Festivals; 'We hear that . .. '; Opera calendar home and abroad British Opera Diary: WNO's 'Yevgeny Onegin'; 'Attila', 'Tosca', 'La Boheme' and 'Cunning Little Vixen' at Covent Garden: ENO's 'The Magic Flute' Opera on the fringe Opera at the colleges Opera in concert, including Glyndebourne's 'Fidelio' and 'Beatrice et Benedict' Opera on television At the musical Opera books Opera on disc Classified advertisements