(Founded by th e Earl ()f Harewood)

Vol 13 No 3

Editor: H A R O L D R OS E N TH A L

A sistant Editor : A RT H u R JA c o B s

Editorial Board : PH l r. 1 P H o PE - w A L LA c E

\V I L L I A M tv! ANN. AND R EW PORT E R

D E M O N D H A W E - T A Y L O R. J O H 1 \ A R R A C K

CONTENTS

Edito r" Comment - T he Covent Garden Report

F rom Sad ler· Wells to T elevision Screen hy D ougla Terry Arne and 'Artaxerxes· hy Charles Farncomhe ven-E rik Bacl ·s ·crane Feathers· hy Pete r H a r\\"ood Opera-going in Leningrad by Gera id Seaman The Ring· under Leinsdorf at th e etropo litan and re ports fr o111 Vienna, Craz. BmJs-els. Prague. Paris, H a111b11rg, i\1annhei111 , M1mich. 5111/fgart , M ila11 ,

aples. Rome. Wel/ingtnn and Cape To1n1 Corn ing Events at H ome G ramophone Records

Tew Books London Opera Diary Studen t and Amateur Performance. Readers· Letters Summer Festivals. 1962 Opera Calendar f) U !.!,C ' 152

153 159 161 163 16"

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Front cover: Eli zabeth Ha111·nod 01· Phyllis and J11 /ia11 i\1nyle a1· S1reph o11

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