May 1973

Val 24 No 5

Founded br the Earl of Hare1rnod

Ediror

HAROLD ROSENTHAL

Associate Editor Alan Blyth Editorial Board Arthur Jacobs, William Mann, Rodney Milnes,

Charles Osborne, And rew Porter, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, John Warrack Edirorial Offices : 6 Woodland Rise, London N IO 3UH

Contents 'La Traviata': A Recipe for Success by the Editor

Peter Heyworth interviews Rolf Liebermann

People: 99 Helga Dernesch by Thomson Smillie

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The Producer Speaks - John Copley talks to Harold Rosenthal 413 'I Sang with Caruso' by Paul Schwarz 41 8 Lauritz Melchior, 1890-1973 - including a tribute by Frida Leider 420 Other Obituaries 422 Our Critics Abroad : Reports from France, America, Germany, Italy, Norway 423 COMING EVENTS - SUPPLEMENT including plans for the Metropolitan, New York, Hamburg State Opera, Drottningholm ; 'We hear that ... '; Opera Calendar 425-434 Record Reviews 435 Readers' Letters 440 50 Years Ago . . . 25 Years Ago 463 London Opera Diary including reviews of 'Pa rsifal ' and 'Aida' at Covent Garden and 'The Rhinegold' at the Coliseum 464 At Oxford by Winton Dean 472 School and Student Performances 474 On Radio by Max Lopper! 476 Front cover : Josephine Barstow and John Brecknock in 'La Traviata' at the London Coliseum

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