50 EMERALD STYLE Robert Thicknesse looks forward to a renewed political will to make opera in Ireland work
114 OPENING NIGHTS Chris Shull is full of admiration at the inauguration of the new W inspear Opera House in Dallas
138 CURTAIN CALL Are British composers being sold short in their native land?
REVIEWS
46 FESTIVAL REPORTS Wexford 46 Musique cordiale 54 Herrenchiemsee 55 Torre del logo 56 Riga 58 Drottningholm 60
Buxton 62 Longborough 64 Edinburgh 66 Beethovenfest Bonn 67 Chautauqua 69 Sarasota 70
72 LIVE REVIEWS
Adrian Noble's Don Giovonni in Lyon, Opera North's new Mr Broucek in Leeds, Barrie Kosky's controversial Rigoletto in Berlin, and much more ..
120 IN RECITAL 124 BOOK REVIEWS 125 DVD AND BLU-RAY REVIEWS 129 CD REVIEWS 133 TECHNOLOGY Raphael Todes considers Naim's new hard disk player to be the perfect answer to his hi-fi needs
OPERA PROFESSIONAL 1 34 John Berry on how English National Opera has reinvented itself for the 21st century