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Frankly, I don't see myself going to Copenhagen in 1996. I've seen what th o e Dan es are planning and it's completely over the top. I don 't n eed any art in co ntainers or ballet in th e streets or Hamlet in a s l1ip yard. And I can easil y ima gine the r abble of stran ge and noisy p eople one would ge t mixed up with. I mean , hones tly: "Art and the Environm ent"? "The Thinking City"? "Designing the Future"? Nonsense. I beard they're ha ving a fes ti val with comp osers who aren 't even dead ye t. -& POST . kyhl/reklame MINOLTI\ MINOLTI\ DANMARI< SCA.NOINA .... IAN A.IRLINES Radisson /U l.uJ' H OTELS WORLDWIDE HORTEN & PARTNERE Jersild C.Jespersen N.OlAF Mfiii!:ER I P 11 f PR£ SS • TRY I(
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ONTENT AUGUST /SEPTEMBER 1995 Editor-in-Chief G raeme Kay Deputy Editor Rachel Connolly Assistant Editor Antonia Cou lin g Associate Editor Ashutosh Khandekar Art Editor Sarah Davies Deputy Art Editors Steve Talkington Phi! Wingrove International Business Manager Sarah Williams Advertising Manager Alison Warder Advertising Executive Marina Petsalis-Diomjdis Advertising Production Manager Sarah Corp Subscriptions Clare Squire Marketing Manager Richard Thomas Publishing Manager Therese C laffey Publisher Keith Diggle Pri nted in the UK by Perfectaprint By fleet , Surrey Distributed by Comag (0 1895 444055) OPERA NOW is published by Rhinegold Publishing Limited "Opera Now" is a trade mark of Opera Now Enterprises Limited. Rhinegold Publishing Ltd, 241 Shaftesbury Avenue, Londo n WC2H 8EH Advertising +44 17 1 333 1733 Editorial +44 1713331740 Fax +44 171 333 1769 Front cover: Opera Northern Ireland's new produdion of The Cunning Little Vixen; Costumes: Gino Pinnick; Ears : Robert Alldop; Wigs : Dorren Wore. Photography by C/;.., Bordo Second Class Postage Paid Pooni Number 11074 at Soufl Hackensack NJ posmaster. send address changes to Royal Mail tntemational rJo Yeliowstone , 2375 Pratt Blvd ., El< Grove Village, IL60007, USA We do w best to avoid naccuracies but~ you believe that an error has been made please contact f1e edi1or straight away before taking any other action and he w~ do what needs to be done kJ put f1e matter r'r;)ht . 6 Opera news and features The Kirov Opera takes a brand new Prince lgor on tour (6) • Adelina Patti's Welsh home restored (7) • Cardiff Singer of the World report (8) • News in brief ( 12) 16 Anne Inglis: People in the News Wagner was once double-dutch to Frederic Kalt, but now he's preparing his ftrst Dutchman; Robert Hayward sings Escamillo in Jonathan Miller's Carmen at ENO; Broomhill's general director, Mark Domford-May, describes the new season ; conductor Karen Keltner heads for Glimmerglass; Speight Jenkins describes why the Ring is such an important part of Seattle's repertoire 20 Cover feature A cunning plan is developing in Belfast; Graham Fawcett celebrates 10 years of Opera Northern Ireland 24 Take a pair of sparkling eye-glasses ... See and be seen: if you've an eye for opera glasses, Erica Speel suggests what you sho uld look o ut for at the auctions 28 Singers of the Century To hear the voice of Franco Corelli leaves one with a longing to hear more. John Steane attempts to quench his thirst 32 Opera Guide Noel Goodwin squeezes the juice out of The Love fo r Three Oranges and gets to the pith of the plo t 44 Friends and fan clubs If you love opera and opera singers, you can ftnd o ut more by joining the Friends 47 Opera World: Dresden Good times and bad, Dresden is a city of cultural dynamism and change. Robert Hartford reports REGULARS Letters 000 15 Box Office 00. 34 First Nights 000 35 Opera in View 00 0 42 In Recital 00 . 5 I Audio reviews oo · 52 Live reviews oo · 56 Scene and Heard ... 58 Reader Susan George, from France, enioys her Opera Now competition prize -a visit to the finals of the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition accompanied by her husband Henri. See pB . Subscriptions administered by Rhinegold Publishing Subscriptions, PO Box 47, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2AN Tel: 01474 334500 Fax: 01474 325557 OPERA NOW • AUGU ST/SEPTEMBER 1995 FRANCO CORELLI FREE CD! r R...t. Nco COREtLJ T h e Go ltfc , Years 1962-1966 3

Frankly, I don't see myself going to Copenhagen in 1996. I've seen what th o e Dan es are planning and it's completely over the top. I don 't n eed any art in co ntainers or ballet in th e streets or Hamlet in a s l1ip yard. And I can easil y ima gine the r abble of stran ge and noisy p eople one would ge t mixed up with. I mean , hones tly: "Art and the Environm ent"? "The Thinking City"? "Designing the Future"? Nonsense. I beard they're ha ving a fes ti val with comp osers who aren 't even dead ye t.

-& POST .

kyhl/reklame

MINOLTI\

MINOLTI\

DANMARI<

SCA.NOINA .... IAN A.IRLINES

Radisson /U l.uJ' H OTELS WORLDWIDE

HORTEN & PARTNERE

Jersild

C.Jespersen N.OlAF Mfiii!:ER I P 11 f PR£ SS • TRY I(

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