November 1973

Val 24 No 11

Founded by rhe Earl of Hare,rood

Edi1or

HAROLD ROSE T HA L

Associa1e Ediror A lan Bl yth Edirorial Board Arth ur Jaco bs, Wi ll ia m Ma nn, Rodney Mi lnes,

Charles Osborne. And rew Po rt er, Desmond Shawe-Tay lo r. Jo hn Warrack Ediroria/ Offices: 6 Woodland Rise. London JO J UH

Contents Broadening th e Repertory by the Editor

Penderecki and 'The Devi ls' by Wolji·am S chwi11ger

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In the News

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Elisa beth Schumann - and the Vienna Opera by Alfred Mathis 968 Fest iva l Postscript :

Handel at Ha lle .... . a nd 'Serse' at Herrenhausen by Jam es Helme Sutcliffe

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Israel : Jo sef TaJ's new opera by Dora Sowden

Istanbul : Entfuhrung' in a Palace by Ossia Trilling

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COMING EVE TS - SUPPLEMENT including pla ns fo r Welsh National Opera, Brussels, Marseill es, Stuttgart and Mi la n ; 'We hear that .... '; Opera Calendar Record Rev iews America's Prov incia l Stages by James He/me Sutcliffe Our Critics A broad : Reports from Germany, America, Austria, Japan, Norway, Sweden London Opera D ia ry including reviews of 'Katya Kabanova' at the Coliseum and 'Tannhauser' at Covent Garden Handel at Abingdon by Arthur Jacobs On Radio by Max Loppert Readers' Letters Obituary

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Front cover ; Lorna Haywood as Katya Kabanova at the London Coliseum

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