Founded by th e Earl of Hc1reH·ood

Vol 13 No 9

SEPTEMBER 1962

Editor: H A ROLD R OS E TH AL

Assistant Editor: A R r H u R J A co B s Editoria l Board: PH I LIP H OP E - WA L L ACE

W I L L l A M M A N N, A N DR E W P O RTE R D E S M O N D S H A W E - T A Y L O R, J O H N W A R R A C K

CONTENTS

Editor·s Comment - So1ti·s First Season and After On Singing Modern Opera by Helga Pilarczyk The Hamburg Opera in London People: 53

Wolfgang Windgas en by Kurt Honolka John Christie, 1882-1962

An Appreciation by David Franklin ·Atlantida' Re:1.ches the Stage by Claudio Sc1.rtori and reports from Cuneo. V enice. Seat1le. Graz, Prague, Hamburg, Berlin. Diisseldorf, Hanover, Mannheim, Drottningholm Obituary Covent Garden Statistics. 1961-2 Gramophone Records London Opera Diary Kentish Opera Group Season On Television European Opera House Plans, 1962-3 Readers· Letters Opera Calendar page 580

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