OPERA (Founded by the EARL OF HAREWOOD)

Vol 5 No 6

JUNE 1954

Editor : HAROLD ROSE THAL Assistant Editor : ANDREW PORTER

Contents Cover : Otakar Kraus as Caspar Pho to H elga Sharland Comment The Scala under Toscanini by Claudio Sartori 2 : The Scala needs Toscanini.

' A Dinner Engagement '

by Paul Dehn Singers in 'The Ring ' at Covent Garden

Sicilian Journey, with a postscript on Naples and Zurich by Cecil Smith page 328

329

335

339

345

News

350

Including contributions by Jam es Hinton , Jnr. , Horst Ko egler , Wolfgang Notter, Riccardo lvfa/ipiero , Claudio Sartori , Cynthia Jolly and Erwin Stein Obituary 367 Opera Diary 368 Including contributions by Christopher Grier , John Amis, Cecil Smith Opera Calendar 380

OPERA Published monthly for Harold Rosenthal by R o ll s H o use Publishing Company Ltd ., 2 Bream's Buildings, London, E .C.4. (H ol born 5708) , to whom all enquiries regarding distribution, subscriptions, etc ., should be made. Editorial Office : 6, Woodland R ise London, N . 10. Advertising Offi:e : J . Stonebanks, 33 Crawford Pla ce, W.1. Pad 2038