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SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE ROSEBERY AVENUE E.C .1. Tel: 01-831 1612 D'DYLY CARTE UNT I L FEBRUARY 12 EVENIN GS 7.30 MA TI NEES WEDS & SA TS 2.30 COMl'LE f'E l'ROCRAMME AVAILABLE FROM f'BEA f'RE NOW AVAILABLE an opera by JOHN McCABE THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE with libretto by Gerald Larner based on t he story by CS Lewis vocal score £1 ·40 send for a copy on approval novella BOROUGH GREEN SE V E NOAKS K E T Lottdo l'I Sf'lo ,,.- room 21 SOHO SOLJ,:PE \',U69 R TILLETT RECORDS 122 Wigmore Street, London W1 H DAX 01-935 2136 By arran gement wit h RCA Personal Appearance of PLACIDO DOMINGO to autograph his records on Wednesday 5th January between 12.30 p.m and 1.30 p.m . SALE 10% REDUCTION ON ALL STOCK 17th-19th JANUARY Kindly mention OPERA when comn11111icati11g with advertisers
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January 1972 Vol 23 Founded by the Earl of Hare wood No1 Editor HAROLD ROSENTHAL Alan Blyth Associate Editor Editorial Board Arthur Jacobs, William Mann, Char les Osborne, Andrew Porter, Desmond Sha we-Taylor, John Wa rrack Editorial Offices: 6 Woodland Rise, London N JO 3UH Contents Covent Garden's new 'Figaro' by th e Editor 100 Years of 'Aida' by John W. Klein People: 94 Placido Domingo by Harold Rosenthal Opera on the Gramophone: 31 'Siegfried' - Part 2 by A lan Bly th Readers Repl y to Rodney Milnes 6 11 18 25 31 Wagner in New York and Chicago by A lan Bly th 35 COMING EVENTS - SUPPLEMENT including plans for La Scala, Rome Opera, Venice, 'We hear that .. . '; Opera Calendar Record Reviews by Harold Rosenthal 41-52 53 American Postscript by the Editor Wexford Festival, October 1971 by Elizabeth Forbes 57 60 The Kennedy Arts Centre 64 Our Critics Abroad: Reviews of performance in Italy, Austria, Bra zi l, France, German y, Hungary, Sweden Obituary 66 81 London Opera Diary including review of the new production of 'The Coronation of Poppaea' at the London Coliseum by Stanely Sadie 82 University Performances 91 Readers' Letters 94 Front cover: Kiri Te Kanawa as the Countess, Reri Grist as Susanna in 'Le Nozze di Figaro' at Covent Garden Classified advertisements 96 and inside back cover

SADLER'S WELLS

THEATRE

ROSEBERY AVENUE E.C .1.

Tel: 01-831 1612

D'DYLY CARTE UNT I L FEBRUARY 12

EVENIN GS 7.30

MA TI NEES WEDS & SA TS 2.30

COMl'LE f'E l'ROCRAMME AVAILABLE FROM f'BEA f'RE

NOW AVAILABLE an opera by JOHN McCABE

THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE with libretto by Gerald Larner based on t he story by CS Lewis vocal score £1 ·40 send for a copy on approval novella

BOROUGH GREEN SE V E NOAKS K E T Lottdo l'I Sf'lo ,,.- room 21 SOHO SOLJ,:PE \',U69 R

TILLETT RECORDS 122 Wigmore Street, London W1 H DAX 01-935 2136

By arran gement wit h RCA

Personal Appearance of PLACIDO DOMINGO

to autograph his records on Wednesday 5th January between 12.30 p.m and 1.30 p.m .

SALE 10% REDUCTION ON ALL STOCK

17th-19th JANUARY

Kindly mention OPERA when comn11111icati11g with advertisers

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