November 2024 Vol ume 75 No. 11 Editor John Allison Deputy Editors Erica Jeal Henrietta Bredin US Editor Rebecca Paller Commercial Director Megan Jackson Editorial Board Hugh Canning Rupert Christiansen Andrew Clark Andrew Clements Richard Fairman George Hall Fiona Maddocks Roger Parker Editorial O ffices Rivermead, 6 Lower Teddington Road, Hampton Wick KT1 4ER Tel: +44 (0)20 8563 8893 editor@opera.co.uk www.opera.co.uk operamagazine @operamagazine @opera_magazine S ubscriptions and customer services Esco, Trinity House, Sculpins Lane, Wethersfield, Braintree CM7 4AY Tel: +44 (0)1371 851804 opera@escosubs.co.uk Members of the Metropolitan Opera Guild Tel: +1 212 362 0068 metropolitanopera@metopera.org Digital edition Exact Editions support@exacteditions.com www.exacteditions.com/opera Advertising Russell Bass, Cabbells Ltd Tel: +44 (0)20 3603 7937 russell@cabbells.uk Front cover Benjamin Bernheim as Hoffmann in Salzburg (see pp. 1515-18; photo: Monika Rittershaus)
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By the Editor 1428 Spotlight and We hear that … 142 9 Newsdesk 14 35 The 2024 International Opera Awards 14 5 5 Men of action
Alexandra Wilson on Puccini’s librettists 14 61 Una grande amicizia
Paul Seeley on the friendship of Puccini and Lehár 14 67 Readers’ letters 1471 Thinking outside the box
Benjamin Appl in conversation with Louise T. Guinther 147 7 Keep on moving
Francesca Zambello talks to Heidi Waleson 14 8 3 Metropolitan Opera broadcasts 14 8 5 Opera in the USA 15 0 9 Opera around the world 15 5 2 Opera in the UK 15 6 2 Opera on film 15 6 4 Opera on DVD and Blu-ray 15 67 Opera on CD 15 6 9 Opera books 15 7 1 Obituaries 15 6 9 Opera calendar 15 8 4 Stage door: Ffion Edwards
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