Founded by April 1986 1he Earl of Hareil'ood Vol 37 No 4

HAROLD ROSE 1THAL , OBE Ediror

Rodney Milne Depury Ediror

Alan Bl\'th, Eli zabet h Forbe,. Arthur Jacob . Edirorial Board :\Jax Loppert , \\'illiam :\Jann. Charles O,borne . Andrell' Porter, De, mond Sha11·e-Taylor. John \\ 'arrack oel Goodwin Overseas

News Ediror

Deidre Tilley Personal Assis1an1

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6 Woodland Rise, London N /0 JUH Edi1orial Offices

Furtwangler 1886- 1954: An Appreciation by Hans Keller 381

Busoni and the Theatre by Antony Beaumont 384

In the News 393

Radio 3's Weimar Season: Hopkins Redivivus by William Mann 394

Readers' Letters 397

People 141:

Samuel Ramey by Martin Mayer 399

Book Review 405

Our Critics Abroad: Reports from Monaco, America, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary,

Italy, Japan, Poland, Switzerland 407

COMING EVENTS-SUPPLEMENT

including plans for Covent Garden, ENO, Scottish Opera, WNO, New York City Opera, Seattle, Festivals 1986; 'We hear that ... ' 417 -428

Record Reviews 429

Christmas Competition Results 431

British Opera Diary, including reviews of 'Faust', 'Salome' and 'II barbiere di Siviglia' at Covent Garden; ENO's 'The

Magic Flute', 'Mastersingers', 'La Boheme', 'Butterfly';

'Werther' in Scotland; and WNO's 'Otello' 453

Fringe Performance 467 Classified advertisements 479

Front cover: Jeffrey Lawton in the title-role in Welsh

National Opera's new production of 'Otello'