OPERA (Founded by the EARL OF HAREWOOD)

Vol 9 No 4

APRIL 1958

Editor : HAROLD ROSENTHAL Assistant Editor : JOH WARRACK Associate Editors: PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE,

WILLIAM MAN , A 'DREW PORTER, DESMO D SHAWE-TAYLOR

Contents ove r : Sadler·s WeJl s Theatre Photograph

The Opera Cr isi s A Triptych of Producers by Anthony Besch

Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858-1919) Part 2 by John W. Klein

William Michael-An Appreciation by Parry Jones

News Gramophone Records Opera Diar y Readers· Letters Opera Calendar page 210

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