May 1981

Vol 32 No 5

Founded by the Earl of llarewood

Editor

HAROLD ROSENTHAL Alan Blyth, Rodney Milnes

Associate Editors Editorial Board Elizabeth Forbes, Arthur Jacobs, Max Leppert,

William Mann, Charles Osborne, Andrew Porter Desmond Shawe-Taylor, John Warrack

Personal Assistant to the Editor Editorial Offices Deidre Tilley 6 Woodland Rise , London NJO 3UH

Opera as Theatre - A conversation between Colin Graham and Harold Rosenthal

Part 1: Towards an ideal company

Hamilton's 'Anna Karenina ' by Noel Goodwin

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The 'Frau' in Cardiff and London by Rodney Milnes and Harold Rosemhal 464 Readers ' Letters 468 Obituary 470 Our Critics Abroad: Reports from America, Australia , Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ital y 472

COMI G EVENTS- SUPPLEMENT Including plans for the ENO, Metropolitan , Teatro Colon , Buenos Aires , Florence and Festivals ; 'We hear that .. .'; Opera Calendar ew York ,

Munich

481-495

New Records

495

Briti sh Opera Diary incl uding reviews of 'Euridice' at Ri ve rside ; 'L 'Africaine ' and 'Macbeth ' at Covent Garden ; the WNO's London season 522 Student Performances 534 ln Concert 536 On Televisio n 537 Classified advertisements 544

Front cover: Rena ta Scotto and Renato Bruson in 'Macbeth' at Covent Garden