Founded by 1/te F:arl of I !are11·ood September 1991 Edi1or ! 953---86 Harold Rosemhal. DBE Volume 42 No 9 Rodney Milnes Edi1or Max Loppert Associme Edi1or Alan Blyth . Hugh Canning. Andrew Clements. Richard Fa irman. Ediwrial Board Eli zabeth Forbes. Arthur Jacobs . Charles Osborne. Andrew Porter. Desmond Shawe-Taylor. John Warraek 1 ocl Goodwin Deidre Tilley I a Moun1gro1• e Road, London N5 2 LU Telephone: 071-359 1037 FAX: 07 1-35-1 2700 01·erseas Ne 11 ·s Ediwr Ad111inis1ra1i1·e Direc1or Edi1oria/ Offices Apocalypse next week by Rodney Milnes Readers· Lette rs Opera in Czechoslovakia: A tradition in jeopardy-Part l Andrew Clark talks to Pare/ Eckstein People 176: Gwynne Howell by A lan B!y1h In the News Cha brier-high spirits and a soft heart by Ronald Cric/uon Our Critics Abroad: reports from America. Belgium . Chi le. France. Germany. Italy. New Zealand , Norway, Switze rl and COMING EVENTS SUPPLEME T including plans fo r the UK companies, Opera Bastille. Deutsche Oper Berlin. La Scala. Bologna: 'We hear that ... · British Opera Diary. with reviews o f La Cenerentola, Tosca, O,feo eel £ uric/ice, Lafanciu//a de/ Wes£ and English Bach Festival"s Riccardo primo at Covent Garden; Opera North ·s Don Giovanni at Sheffie ld Fri nge Performances Student Performances In Concert On Television On Video Record Reviews Book Reviews Classified Advertisements 1001 1005 1007 1018 1026 1028 103-+ 1049-1062 1083 1094 1102 1106 1109 1110 1112 1116 1120 Front cover: Gwynne Howell photographed at Glyndebourne by Guy Gravett