OPERA (Founded by the EARL OF HAREWOOD)

Vol 11 No 1

JANUARY 1960

Editor: HAROLD ROSENTHAL Assistant Editor: JOH WARRACK Associate Editors: PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE,

WILLIAM MANN, ANDREW PORTER, DESMOND SHA WE-TAYLOR

Contents Cover: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as the Marschallin Photo Houston Rogers Comment Ernst von Schuch and the Dresden Opera by Gottfried Schmiedel page 6

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A Gallery of Great Singers by Desmond Shawe-Taylor

10 : Conchita Supervia News Including contributions by Richard R epass, Roger Dettmer, Joseph Wechsberg, Leo Riemens, Horst Koegler, Claudio Sartori, and Marcel Senechaud Plans for the 1959-60 Season in Milan, Naples, Palermo Monaco, Lisbon Gramophone Records Book Reviews Opera Diary Questions and Answers Readers' Letters Opera Calendar

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