OCTOBER 1984
Vol 35 No 10
Founded by the Earl of Harewood
Editor
HAROLD ROSENTHAL, OBE Rodney Milnes
Deputy Editor Editorial Board Alan Blyth, Elizabeth Forbes, Arthur Jacobs,
Max Loppert, William Mann , Charles Osborne, Andrew Porter, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, John Warrack
Overseas News Editor Personal Assistant to the Editor Editorial Offices
Hilary Finch
Deidre T ill ey 6 Woodland R ise, London N /0 JUH
Sounding Board by Rodney Milnes
A Gallery of Great Singers: 15 Mary Garden (1874-1967)
by Desmond Sha we-Taylor
'Jonny' - the first Jazz Opera by Jeremy Sams
In the News
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Book Reviews
Readers' Letters
The Musician as Librettist by Hans Keller
The Royal Opera House at the Olympics by Martin Bernheimer
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Our Critics Abroad: Reports from America, Belgium, Chile, Canada, France, Germany (East and West), Hong Kong, Italy, Japan , Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Africa and Sweden 1105
COMING EVENTS-SUPPLEMENT including plans for Welsh National Opera in London, Australian Opera, Vienna Volksoper, Marseilles, Nice, Rauen; Festivals 1984-6 Record Reviews British Opera Diary, including reviews of 'The Flying Dutchman' at the Coliseum; The Ratepayers' 'Iolanthe' at the QEH; Gluck's 'Le Cinesi' at St Bartholemew's Hospital Classified advertisements
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Front cover: Placido Domingo and Gwyneth Jones in the Royal Opera's new production of 'Turandot' first seen in Los Angeles (for Martin Bernheimer's review see p. 1101)