2010 Annual Festivals issue
Editor John Allison Deputy Editor Erica Jeal (on leave) Assistant Editor Kate Molleson Publisher Fletcher Dhew Subscription Manager Megan Jackson
Editorial Board Martin Bernheimer Hugh Canning Rupert Christiansen Andrew Clark Andrew Clements Richard Fairman George Hall Michael Kennedy Fiona Maddocks Rodney Milnes (Chairman) Roger Parker Andrew Porter
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Front cover: Jean Rigby as Dejanira in last summer’s production of Martinu’ s ‘Mirandolina’ at Garsington (photo: Johan Persson)
Opera, Festivals 2010
Founded in 1950 by the Earl of Harewood
Past Editors Harold Rosenthal
3 Dare to be different and Rodney Milnes
By the Editor 4 People 378: Alexander Pereira
Hugh Canning 13 The Weinberg (re)vival
Martin Anderson on the background to two operas at Bregenz 20 The impresario-evangelist
Cincinnati Opera’s Evans Mirageas talks to Janelle Gelfand 29 Anti-house style
Nick Kimberley meets the managers of Opera Holland Park 37 Collecting Rings
Martin Bernheimer on benchmark pr oductions of Wagner’s cycle 44 ‘On Such a Night’
Rodney Milnes rediscovers a Glyndebourne gem
Festival introductions (by George Hall) and listings: Aix-en-Provence (67), Aldeburgh (49), Ambronay (68), Amsterdam (69), Aspen (70), Athens (72), Avenches (73), Les Azuriales (73), Baden-Baden (74), Bad Ischl (74), Bad Wildbad (77), Bampton (50), Bard (78), Bath (50), Baugé (79), Bayreuth (79), Beaune (81), BelleIle en Mer (82), Bergen (82), Bregenz (83), Brighton (51), Buxton (51 & 53), Caramoor (84), Castleton (85), Central City (85), Charleston (86), Chautauqua (87), Cheltenham (53), Cincinnati (88), La Coruña (88), Crested Butte (89), Dalhalla (90), Dartington (54), Dresden (90), Drottningholm (92), Edinburgh (55), Erfurt (92), Erl (93), Eutin (93), Florence (94), Garsington (56), Glimmerglass (94), Glyndebourne (58), Göttingen (96), Grafenegg (97), Granada (98), Grange Park (59), Graz (98), Gut Immling (99), Halle (99), Hedeland (100), Holland Park (59), Iford (61), Innsbruck (101), Jesi (101), Lake George (102), Ljubljana (102), Longborough (62), Los Angeles (103), Lucerne (104), Macerata (104), Manaus (105), Martina Franca (106), Mautitius (107), Miskolc (107), Montpellier (108), Mörbisch (109), Munich (109), Orange (111), Orkney (63), Parma (112), Pesaro (112), Prague (113), Ravenna (114), Ravinia (115), Rheinsberg (115), Riga (116), Rome (117), Ruhr (118), Ryedale (65), St Louis (118), St Petersburg (119), Salisbury (65), Salzburg Whitsun (120), Salzburg (120), St Margarethen (122), Santa Fe (122), Savonlinna (123), Schwetzingen (124), Skäret (125), Solothurn (125), Tanglewood (126), Torre del Lago (126), Trier (128), Utah (128), Vadstena (129), Valencia (129), Verbier (130), Vermont (130), Verona (131), Vienna (132), Vilnius (133), Warsaw (134), Wels (134), West Green House (66), Wexford (135), Woodhouse (66), Zurich (135)
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