Founded by the Earl o f Harewood Autumn 1986 Editor Emeritus Harold Rosenthal, OBE Festival Issue

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T h e F u t u r e o f O p e r a by Humphrey Burton 9

G l y n d e b o u r n e w e l c o m e s G e r s h w i n by Harold Rosenthal 12

B u x t o n a t t h e c r o s s r o a d s by Rodney Milnes 28

E d i n b u r g h ’s f r in g e b e n e f i t s by Arthur Jacobs and Raymond Monelle 31

S a l z b u r g : P e n d e r e c k i ’s ‘D a n c e o f D e a t h ’ by Bryan Magee 41 S a v o n l i n n a ’s t r a d i t i o n s by Andrew Clements and Hilary Finch 52

A i x - e n - P r o v e n c e : A n a t i v e s o n s h i n e s by Arthur Jacobs 56

B a y r e u t h : ‘T r i s t a n ’ r e t u r n s i n t r i u m p h by Alan Blyth 67 M u n i c h : R e im a n n ’s ‘T r o j a n W o m e n ’ by Max Loppert 76

W i e s b a d e n : I n t e r n a t i o n a l v a r i e t y by Carl H. Hiller 82

D r e s d e n ’s r i c h e s by James Helme Sutcliffe 86

M e h t a a t t h e ‘M a g g i o ’ by Leonardo Pinzauti and Harold Rosenthal 92

V e r o n a 1986 by Roger Bramble 96

S p o l e t o : A b i r t h d a y ‘S a i n t ’ by Luigi Bellingardi 105 V a l l e d ’ l t r i a : S a t i s f y i n g t h e e a r by Giorgio Gualerzi 107 S a n t a F e : M o n t e v e r d i , S t r a u s s a n d S a l l i n e n by Jack Belsom 109 S p o l e t o U S A : M e n o t t i ’s b i r t h d a y p r e s e n t by William Allin Storrer 114

P u r c h a s e , N Y : D i s t u r b i n g a n d r e w a r d i n g by Richard Dyer 116

S e a t t l e : P e r f o r m i n g a s e r v i c e by Roger Downey 118

D r o t t n i n g h o lm : A c r e d i b l e d r a m a t i c w o r l d by Andrew Clements 122

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V i e n n a ( 5 0 ) , I n n s b r u c k (5 1 ) , A v i g n o n ( 5 9 ) , B o r d e a u x (6 0 ) ,

C a r p e n t r a s ( 6 1 ) , N im e s (6 3 ) , O r a n g e ( 6 4 ) , V e r s a i l l e s (6 6 ), G o t t i n g e n ( 7 4 ) , H e i d e l b e r g (7 5 ) , S c h w e t z i n g e n ( 8 1 ) , Z w i n g e n b e r g

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H e n n e b e r g e r a n d R e in A . Z o n d e r g e l d , B e a t e K a y s e r , H o r s t K o e g l e r , M u r r a y L e s l i e , R o b e r t M a r k o w , T o n y M a y e r , P i e r o M i o l i , C h r i s t o p h e r N o r t o n -W e l s h , C h a r l e s O s b o r n e , C h a r l e s P i t t ,

D o n a l d R o s e n b e r g , M a l c o lm R u d l a n d , W i l l i am W e a v e r

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