(DIPIBIBAFounded by the Earl o f Harewood

Vol 16 No 7

JULY 1965

Editor: HAROLD ROSENTHAL

D eputy E d i to r : Arthur Jacobs Editorial B o a rd : Philip hope-wallace

WILLIAM MANN, ANDREW PORTER DESMOND SHAWE-TAYLOR, EDMUND TRACEY

JOHN WARRACK

CONTENTS

E d ito r ’s C omment: Building an A udience

S in gers and T eachers by G eorge Baker

Scenery Painted w ith L ight by E lem er N a g y

G lyndebourne Opens by A rthur Jacobs

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‘A tom ic D ea th ’ at M ilan by C laudio Sartori

and other overseas reports from America, Belgium , F in land, France, G erm any, N o rw ay, Portugal, Sw itzerland 488 C OM IN G EVENTS — SUPPLEM ENT

in c lu d in g C ovent G arden and Sadler’s W e lls p lans, casts for the San F rancisco season, ‘W e hear that . . .’, and H om e Opera H ouse Calendar, Ju ly -A u gust

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O b ituary

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Opera F i f ty Y ears A go . . . and Twenty-Five Y ears A go

G ram ophone R ecord R eview s by H arold R o senthal

‘M r H ughes’s G lyndebourne’ and o ther book reviews

by H arold R o senthal

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L ondon Opera D ia ry

in c luding review s o f ‘O te llo ’ and ‘L a Sonnambula’ a t C o vent G arden and o f the W e lsh N a t io n a l Opera C om pany's season at Sadler’s W e lls

Scottish Opera Season

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S tudent Perform ances

R eaders’ L etters

Classified advertisements are on p. 544

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