October 1 97 2
Vol 23
Founded b_r rhe Earl of !-lareirnod
No10
Edi1or
HAROLD ROSENTHAL
Assoc iur e £di1or A la n Bl yth Edi1orial Board Arthur Jacobs. Wi lliam Man n. Charles Osborne.
Andrew Porter. Desmond Shawe-Taylor. John Warrack £di1orial Offices : 6 Woodland Rise . l o11du11 N 10 3 /.;'f-/
Contents
Prokofiev's 'War and Peace· by Ed,rard DoH'nes
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Siegfried Wagner as Innovator by Th eres ia E. R eim ers
Backstage a t La Scala by Roger Brunyate
In the News
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Our Critics Abroad: Reviews of performances in Australia , Austria , Brazil , Czechoslovakia, Finland, Israe l, Italy 904
COMING EVENTS - SUPPLEMENT including plans fo r Sadler's Wells Opera, Antwerp, Brussels, Stockholm, Zurich ; ·we hea r that ... ·; Opera Calendar 905-915
Record Reviews br A Ian 8/uh and Harold Rosenrhal
Book Reviews
Obitua ry
50 Yea rs Ago . . . 25 Yea rs Ago
London Opera Dia ry including 'Gloriana · and 'II Trovatore' at the Co li seum
At the Proms
On Radio
Readers· Letters
Front cover: Rita Hunter and Norman Bailey in 'II Trovatore' a t the London Coliseum
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Classified advertisements
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