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Now available on Decca - a classic recording of one of the greatest of Bel Canto operas. Bellini Sutherland Horne with Alexander, Cross, Minton and Ward LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS conducted by Bonynge 0 SET 424 - 6 The record s are suppl ied boxed with a booklet containing notes and libretto Records and Recording said of this set when it first appeared " Sutherland 's voice has a glorious sheen and luminosity .. . For Marilyn Horne's Adalgisa I have nothing but praise . .. The overall impression given by this recording is one of youth , fr eshness and virility ." The Decca Record Company Limited Decca House Alb ert Emba nkme nt Lo ndon SE1 DECCA Kind ly mention OPERA when communicating wi t!t advertisers
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July 1970 Vol 21 Founded by th e Earl of Harewood No 7 Editor Associate Editors Edit o rial Board HAROLD ROSENTHAL Alan Blyth and Arthur Jacobs Philip Hope-Wallace, William Mann, Andrew Porter, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, John Warrack Edit orial Offices : 6 Woodland Rise, London N JO Contents Farewell to Sir David by the Editor David Webster at Covent Garden, 1945- 1970 by L ord Harewood Tributes to Sir David by Boris Christoff, Sir G eraint Evan s, Tito Gobbi. John To oley Twenty-Five Memorable Even in gs at Covent Garden - chosen by the Edit or Maw's Irish Opera by St ephen Walsh In the ews Aida as Ethiopian by R odney M. Bennett Our Critics Abroad COMI G EVENTS - SUPPLEME T including plans for Covent Garden , Sadler's Well s; ·we hear that . . .'; Opera Calendar Records reviewed by Harold R osenthal and A lan Blyth Brief Chro nicles from France, Germany, Ital y, USSR Obituary London Opera Diary including rev iews of 'Carmen' at the roJiseum and the Camden Fest ival performances Scotti h Opera 's 'Fidel io ' by Harold Rosenthal 598 599 604 608 616 620 622 625 641- 652 65 3 669 672 674 689 At Ca rdiff: The Beno is Traditi on by K enneth Loveland 692 On th e Radio 694 Read ers Letters 695 Front cover: Ann Howard and David Hughes as Carmen and Don Jose at th e L ondon Coliseum Classified advertisem ents 704

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July 1970

Vol 21

Founded by th e Earl of Harewood

No 7

Editor Associate Editors Edit o rial Board

HAROLD ROSENTHAL Alan Blyth and Arthur Jacobs Philip Hope-Wallace, William Mann, Andrew Porter, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, John Warrack

Edit orial Offices : 6 Woodland Rise, London N JO

Contents Farewell to Sir David by the Editor David Webster at Covent Garden, 1945- 1970 by L ord Harewood Tributes to Sir David by Boris Christoff, Sir G eraint Evan s, Tito Gobbi. John To oley Twenty-Five Memorable Even in gs at Covent Garden - chosen by the Edit or Maw's Irish Opera by St ephen Walsh In the ews Aida as Ethiopian by R odney M. Bennett Our Critics Abroad COMI G EVENTS - SUPPLEME T including plans for Covent Garden , Sadler's Well s; ·we hear that . . .'; Opera Calendar Records reviewed by Harold R osenthal and A lan Blyth Brief Chro nicles from France, Germany, Ital y, USSR Obituary London Opera Diary including rev iews of 'Carmen' at the roJiseum and the Camden Fest ival performances Scotti h Opera 's 'Fidel io ' by Harold Rosenthal

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604

608 616 620 622 625

641- 652

65 3 669 672

674 689

At Ca rdiff: The Beno is Traditi on by K enneth Loveland 692 On th e Radio 694 Read ers Letters 695 Front cover: Ann Howard and David Hughes as Carmen and Don Jose at th e L ondon Coliseum

Classified advertisem ents

704

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