Founded by 1he E:arl of Harewood Edi1or 1953-86 Harold Rosen/ha/, OBE

August 1989 Vol 40 No 8

Rodn ey Milnes Max Loppen

A lan Bl yth, Hugh Canning, Andrew Clements, Elizabeth Forbes, Arrhur Jacob s, William Mann, Charles Osborne, Andrew Porter,

Desmond Shawe-Taylor, John Warrack

Noel Goodwin Richard Fairman

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Jinxed 'Trovatore' by Rodney Milnes

Readers' Letters

Kupfer and the Komische in con versation with Hugh Canning

In the ews

Tenor of the Three Glorious Days by Alastair Macaulay

Zinka Milanov: an appreciatio n by Alan Blyth

Obituary

Towards a definition of opera by Wallace Dace

Our Critics Abroad: reports from America, Argentina, Austria,

Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland , Israel , Italy,

Netherlands, Switzerland, USSR

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COMING EVENTS-SUPPLEMENT

including plans for WNO, New York City Opera, Dallas, Liege,

Bonn, Stuttgart, Geneva; Festivals; 'We hear that ... '

Book Reviews

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British Opera Diary, including reviews of 'Carmen' at Earls Court; WNO's 'Ariadne auf Naxos' and 'La sonnambu!a'; ENO's

'Don Giovanni' and 'Mastersingers'; 'Der Rosenkavalier' at Covent Garden; and Kent Opera's 'Burning Fiery Furnace'

Fringe Performances Student Performances

In Concert On Television Record Reviews Classified Advertisements

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Front cover : Eva Randova and Placido Domingo as Azucena and

Manrico in the Royal Opera's new production of 'II trovatore'

(photo: Catherine Ashmore)