Founded by 1he Earl of Harewood Edi!Or 1953-86 Harold Rosen1hal, QBE

May 1989 Vol 40 No 5

Rodney Milnes Max Loppert

Alan Bl yth, Hugh Canning, Andrew Clements, Elizabeth Forbes, Arthur Jacob s, William Mann, Charles Osborne, Andrew Porter,

Desmond Shawe-Ta ylor, John Warrack oel Goodwin Richard Fairman

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Editor Associate Editor Editorial Board

O verseas News Editor AssisĀ£anĀ£ Editor Administrati ve Director Editorial Offices

What for ? by The Editor 52 7

Children of nature by Rodney Milnes 528

Readers' Lett ers 532

Suga ring the pill: Weill on Broadway by John Mauceri 536

A glorious conc lu sion by Alan Bly th 544

In the News 547

Cai rns's 'Berlioz' by Ronald Crichton 550 People 15 8: Roger orrington by Alan Bly th 552

Our Cri ti cs Abroad: report s from America , Australia, Austria,

Belgium, Canada, German y, Hungary, Israe l, It aly, Monaco,

Netherlands 55 7

COMING EYE TS - SUPPLEMENT

including plans for the new seaso n a t the Roya l Opera House, London Co li seu m and Metropolitan Opera, ew York; Festivals ;

'We hear that .. .'

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Briti sh Opera Diary, including reviews of W O's 'Seraglio' and trave lling 'Traviata'; 'The Turn of the Screw ' and 'Don Giova nni ' a t the Coliseum; Sconish Opera's 'Oedipus Rex'; 'Don

Carlos' at Covent Garden; Zarzue la at Sadler's Wells

Fringe Performances Student Performan ces

In Concert On Tele vision Record Reviews

Book Reviews Classified Advertisements

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Front cover: Susanne Mentzer and Andreas Schmidt as Dorabella and Guglielmo in the new production of 'Cosi fan t utte' at

Covent Garden (photo: Richard H. Smith)