OPERA Vol I No 4

AUGUST 1950

PUBLISHED FOR THE EARL OF HARE\YOOD AT :i\IERSEY HO SE 13 2-4 FLEET ST. LONDON E.C.4

Editor : THE L\RL OF H_-\RE\\"OOD _--\ssi stant Editor : HAROLD D. Ro -E:-:TH_-\L A r t Editor : RICHARD n CKLE

Contents

Co,-er Rose Hill, Bruce Bm·ce and ~ancy E,·ans in ' The Beggar's Opera' . Photo : John Vickers Comment ?\Ii lhaud's 'Bolivar' b_J1 To'!)' Jfa)'eJ' The Florence Festinl b_J , the Eari of Hare1vood H ofmannsthal as a Libretti s t b_J1 I-Jugo F. Garten I ntroductio n to 'Ariad ne auf l'\axos' bj1 Else _\fa_J1er- L isman P eople : i,-. Carl Ebert b_J, Elizabeth Carson The Castrati : II b_J1 A lan 1-orke- L ong Sadler's \Yells Seaso n r 949- 5 o co11Jpiled b_J, Harold D. R osenthal l\'ew-s Gramophone Record s Opera D iary page 3

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