Founded by 1/te F:arl of I !are11·ood September 1991 Edi1or ! 953---86 Harold Rosemhal. DBE Volume 42 No 9

Rodney Milnes Edi1or Max Loppert Associme Edi1or

Alan Blyth . Hugh Canning. Andrew Clements. Richard Fa irman. Ediwrial Board Eli zabeth Forbes. Arthur Jacobs . Charles Osborne. Andrew Porter.

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Apocalypse next week by Rodney Milnes

Readers· Lette rs

Opera in Czechoslovakia: A tradition in jeopardy-Part l

Andrew Clark talks to Pare/ Eckstein People 176: Gwynne Howell by A lan B!y1h

In the News

Cha brier-high spirits and a soft heart by Ronald Cric/uon

Our Critics Abroad: reports from America. Belgium . Chi le. France. Germany. Italy. New Zealand , Norway,

Switze rl and

COMING EVENTS SUPPLEME T

including plans fo r the UK companies, Opera Bastille.

Deutsche Oper Berlin. La Scala. Bologna: 'We hear that ... ·

British Opera Diary. with reviews o f La Cenerentola, Tosca, O,feo eel £ uric/ice, Lafanciu//a de/ Wes£ and English Bach Festival"s Riccardo primo at Covent Garden; Opera

North ·s Don Giovanni at Sheffie ld

Fri nge Performances Student Performances

In Concert On Television

On Video Record Reviews

Book Reviews Classified Advertisements

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Front cover: Gwynne Howell photographed at

Glyndebourne by Guy Gravett