Founded b_1· 1!,e Earl of /-lare 11·ood Ediior / 953-86 f-larold Rose111/111/. OBE

November 1991 Volume 42 No 11

Rodney i\ !iln es lax Loppert John All ison

Ian Blyth. Hugh Canni ng. Andrew Clements. Richard Fairman. Elizabeth Forbes. Noel Goodwin. rthur Jacob . Charles Osborne.

Andrew Porter. De rnond Shawc-Tavlor. John Warrack

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Editor Associate Ediwr Assistant Editor Editorial Board

A clministrati1·e Director Editorial Offices

Filling the gaps b_1· the Editor

·L"Etoile· and the pleasure principle by Rodney Milnes

Readers· Letters

People 179: G raham Vick by Hugh Canning

Getting it right by Andrew Clements

In the News

Sweeney in the Scrubs by Hilary Finch

Our Critics Abroad: reports from America. Argentina.

ustra lia. Brazil. Chile . Denmark. Finland. Hungary. Ire land . Italy. 1 etherlands. New Zealand. Portuga l. Spain.

Switzerland

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COMI G EVENTS S PPLEME T

including plans for English ational Opera. Covent Garden . Opera orth. Sydney. Brussels. Munich, Bergamo. Genoa. Madrid; Festivals at Huddersfield and

Glyndebourne: ·w e hear that ... · 1305- 1320

British Opera Diary. with reviews of Scottish Opera·s ·Clemenza di Tito·: E O" ·Billy Budd .. ·Boheme· and ·Mikado·: ·Rigoletto· at Covent Garden: ·Idomeneo· in

Cardiff : Opera Northern Ireland·s season L335

Fringe Performances 13-+9

In Concert [358 On Television 1360

On Video 1361 Book Reviews l 363 Record Reviews 1365 Classified Advertisements L376

Front cove r: Opera North's production of ·L"Etoi le·. with

(I. tor.) Pamela Helen Stephen, Kate Flowers and Mary

Hegarty (photo: Hanson)