March 1973

Vol 24

No 3

Founded br 1he Earl of f-lare1rnod

Edi1or Associme Edi1or Edi1orial Board

HAROLD ROSENTHAL Alan Blyt h Arthur Jacobs, William Mann, Rodney Milnes,

Charles Osborne, Andrew Porter. Desmond Shawe-Taylor. John Warrack Edi1orial Offices: 6 Woodland Rise, London N 10 3 UH

Contents In the News Opera on the Gramophone: 34 'Don Pasquale' by Harold Rosenthal People: 98 Christa Ludwig br Charles Osborne Alfano and 'Turandof by Gordon Smith Obituary The Sydney Opera House

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COMING EVENTS - SUPPLEMENT including plans for New Opera Company, Chicago,

Bayreuth, Glyndebourne; 'We hear that . ... ';

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Opera Calendar Record Reviews

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Our Critics Abroad: Reports from Italy, America, Austria, Germany, Italy, Sweden, USSR 249 Book Review by Alan Bly th 27 1 Readers' Letters 272 London Opera Diary including reviews of 'Tristan und Isolde' at Covent Garden and 'Carmen' at the Coliseum 273 On Tyneside 279 In Scotland by Graeme Feggetter 280 On Radio by Max Lopper! 282 Front cover : Christa Ludwig

Classified advertisements

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