October 1997 Volume 48 No 10

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Blood on the walls The Editor People 233: Cecili a Bartoli Max Loppert Readers· Letters A key to Martim'i's 'Juli etta· Jan Smaczny Opera ewsdesk The ew Grove Dictionary of Opera Quiz Rebels with a cause Lyudmila Stolyarenko on Moscow's Helikon Opera Obituary Opera Around the World: reports from America, Argentin a. Australia, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, France, German y, Greece, Hungary, Italy. Netherlands, Romania, South Africa , Switzerland COM! 1G EVENTS UPPLEM ENT including plans for the UK houses: Dallas, Seattle, Sydney, ice, Essen, Stuttgart, Florence, Naples; 'We hear that .. .': Opera calendar home and abroad British Opera Diary: A White House Cantata· at th e Barbican ; 'Di e Verschworenen ', 'Joan of Arc at the Stake·. 'Mahagonny Songspier and 'The Seven Deadly Sins' at th e Proms 1246 Opera on the fringe 1252 Opera at the colleges 1255 In concert 1256 Opera books 1260 Opera on disc 1264 Classified advertisements

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