Fo1111ded b1· 1lte Earl of I /are11·ood June 1992 Edi1or !953-86 Harold Rose111ltal. OBE Volume 43 No 6

Rodney Milnes Edi1or

Max Loppert Associa1e Edi1or John Allison Assis1a111 Edi1or

Alan Blyth. Hugh Canning. Andrew Clark. Andrew Clements. Edi1orial Board Richard Fairman. Elizabeth Forbes. Noel Gooch1·in. rthur Jacobs.

Charles Osborne. Andrew Porter. Desmond Shawe-Taylor.

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Bicentennial ·Magpie· br Rodney Milnes 639

Rossini Quiz: answers and winners 6-1-2

In the News 6-J.3

People 181: Julia Varady by Alan Blyrlz 6-1-6 ·Kullervo·-a child of our time bv Rodney Milnes 652

Readers· Letters 655

Handel on CD by Hugh Canning 657 Tex-mix in Houston by Rodney Milnes 666

Obituary 669

Our Critics Abroad: reports from America. Australia.

Austria. Canada. Finland. France. Germany. Italy.

Norwav. Switzerland 671

COMI G EVENTS SUPPLEMENT

including plans for the new seasons at Covent Garden. Opera North. Scottish Opera and Welsh ational Opera: BBC Proms. Opera Bastille. Santiago Festivals: ·w e hear that . . . ·

681-696

British Opera Diary. with review of ·The Fiery Anger. ·Guillaume Tell' and ·Hoffmann· at Covent Garden: ·Don

Carlos· and ·Butterfly' at the Coliseum: D'Oyly Carte in

Birmingham; Scottish Opera·s ·Don Giovanni· 718

Fringe Performances 73..J. Student Performances 739

In Concert 7-J.l Record Reviews 7-1-3 Classified Advertisements 752

Front cover: Arwel Huw Morgan (Fabrizio). Barry Banks

(Giannetto). Andrew Shore (Mayor) and Anne Dawson

( i netta) in Opera North ·s new production of ·The

Thieving Magpie' (photo: Hanson)