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)