Founded by rh e Earl of HareH·ood

Vol 14 No 5

Ed itor: HAROLD ROSENTHAL

A si tantEditor : A R T K U R J AC Ol3 S

Editorial Board : PH I L r P Ho P E - w AL L Ac E

W I LL I M MA 1 , AN DR E W POR TE R DE SM0 1 D S H AWE-T AY L OR , JOH WARR A CK

CONTENTS

Co er: Grace Bumbry as Eboli in 'Don Carlos· The Original Figaro by John Warrack Jn ide Wagner by Arthur Jacobs The Bolshoi Controversy by Mark Lavery Tebaldi Returns by Robert Sabin and reports from Hartford, Vienna, Brussels. Frankfurt, Cassel. Karlsrnhe. Main z , Munich, Palermo, Milan Com ing Events at Home We hear that ... Fift Years Ago Obituary Gramophone Records London Opera Diary Welsh and Jr ish Mozart Student and Amateur Performances Broadcast Opera Readers· Letters Summer Festivals Opera Calendar page 297

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