MAY/JUNE 1996

9 Cover feature The ENO premiere of Henze 's The Prince of Homburg provides a new challenge for Peter Coleman-Wright. Andrew Stewart reports

14 Opera design in the 20th century

Oliver Messel 's long association with Glyndebourne is

highlighted in Rosy Runciman 's review of his career

Ellen Shade in Amsterdam's Die Frau ohne Schatten (see Open Stage p5)

17 Competitions

Six COs of Ian Bostridge's Schone Miillerin to be won (17) + Win a

trip to the Bayerische Staatsoper's production of Aida ( 18)

20 Opera news ~ews round (20) + Chorus of disapproval at L'Opera de Lyon

(22) + Leif Segerstam (or is it Brahms?) conducts The Ring in Helsinki (23) + Palais Gamier steals the show (24)

26 Opera world

Travel to Florence this month for the Maggio Musicale , suggests Robert Hartford

29 Festivals Fly me to the moon- Rachel Connolly's opera festivals around the world.

60 People in the news

I an Bostridge talks about his multiple choice career + Former singer Mark Tinkler now leads from the front (60) + Baritone Rodney Gilfry juggles career and home life + Guus Mostart is ENO's director of productions, in all but name (61) + Philip Langridge takes a fresh look at Peter Grimes (62) + Susanne Mentzer drops her trouser roles (63) + Alfredo Kraus on voice preservation (64)

66 Singers of the century Friedrich Schorr: was he or wasn't he the greatest bass-baritone o f them all , asks Jo hn Steane

70 Opera guide How to turn a histori ca l wimp into an operat ic hero: oel Goodwin re fl ec ts on Verdi's staggering achievement in Don Carlos, which is coming to the Royal Opera's Verdi Fes ti val

Regulars Open stage ... 5

Letters ... 6 Preview ... 17 First nights ... 51 Opera In view ... 58

In recital ... 69 Box office ... 73 Live reviews ... 96

Books ... 100 Audio reviews ... 101 Scene and heard ... 108