Dortmund ............................................. 313-14(p) Dresden Festival ............................................. 1110-12(p) Semperoper .... 389, 403, 595-6(p), 828, 935(p),

936(p), 1070, 1110-12(p), 1266 Drottningholm ............... 433, 1076(p), 1402-3(p) Plans ............................................................. 428 Dublin Chisinau National Opera .............................. 721 Dublin International Theatre Festival ............ 56 Gate Theatre ................................................... 56 Irish Youth Opera ................................... 1522-3 Lir Academy of Dramatic Art .................. 720-1 National Concert Hall Dublin .................... 55-6 Opera Theatre Company ............................ 1270 Rough Magic Theatre.................................1270 Royal Irish Academy of Music ................ 720-1 Wide Open Opera ..................................1116-17 Duisburg: Ruhr Triennale.............................1518 ‘Dumpygate’ by John Allison ........................ 805 Düsseldorf: International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition ...............1084 DVD reviews ....108-10(p), 234-8(p), 346-52(p),

490-6(p), 647-52(p), 774-80(p), 910-14(p), 1041-5(p), 1182-5(p), 1311-14(p), 1585-92(p) Edinburgh Festival ..................................... 434, 1418-21(p) St Petersburg, Maryinsky Opera ......1419-20(p) Scottish Opera .................... 759-60(p), 888-9(p) Turin, Teatro Regio .................................... 1418 Editorial comments January: ‘Calm after the storm’........................5 February: ‘Più le cose cambiano …’............133 March, ‘Leopards and spots’........................261 April: ‘Spring-clean season’.........................389 May: ‘Sunset Boulevard?’............................533 June: ‘Survival tactics’................................. 677 July: ‘Dumpygate’........................................805 August: ‘Ostrich heads’................................933 September: ‘Everyone’s a loser’ ................ 1061 October: ‘Ice-bucket opera’ ....................... 1205 November: ‘The domino effect’.................1349 December: ‘Pension plan’.......................... 1477 English Touring Opera ................... 683, 684, 952 In London ................ 478-9(p), 483-4, 630-1(p),

1572-4(p)

Plans ........................................................... 241 ‘The enigmatic idealist’ by Andrew Clark

262-6(p)

Enschede: Nationale Reisopera ... 22, 152, 1371(p) Erfurt: Domstufen-Festspiele ......................... 430 Erl: Tiroler Festspiele ...300-1(p), 407-13(p), 430 Essen .......................................... 939(p), 1382(p) Aalto Musiktheater ....................................... 314 ‘The eternal feminine’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker .................................... 943-51(p) European Opera Centre In Liverpool ............................................1163-4 European Opera Days .................................... 683 Eutin Festival ................................................. 430 ‘Everyone’s a loser’ by John Allison ........... 1061 Fairbanks: Opera Fairbanks ..... 985-6, 1288-9(p)

Fairfax: Virginia Opera .............................. 202-4 Ferrara: Teatro Comunale Claudio Abbado ...863 ‘Firm foundations’ by Teresa Levonian Cole

‘Fishing for talent’ by Yehuda Shapiro

283-6(p)

399-403(p)

Florence Maggio Musicale ............... 433, 649-50(p), 978 Teatro Comunale .............. 278(p), 600-2, 721-2 Fort Worth Opera Festival .............................. 435 Plans ............................................................. 422 Finances ....................................................... 406 Frankfurt: Oper Frankfurt ............. 47-50(p), 142,

439-41(p), 828, 857-8(p), 1391-3(p) Plans ............................................................. 917 ‘Freeing the imagination’ by Hugo Shirley

829-35(p)

Freiburg: Theater Freiburg In Norwich ................................... 1299-1301(p) Friedrich (Götz) Prize .................................. 1369 ‘Future imperfect’ by Rupert Christiansen

‘Garden variety’ by Rupert Christiansen

573-8(p)

292-5(p)

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Richard Strauss Festival .........................................................430 Garsington Opera ....................... 25, 434, 956(p),

1009-10(p), 1012-13(p), 1148-9(p) Plans ..................................................... 427, 952 Gasson (Anthony) Opera Collection ............ 1082 Geneva: Grand Théàtre ......... 451-2(p), 605-6(p),

729-30(p), 983-4(p)

Genoa: Teatro Carlo Felice ............................ 445 ‘George Christie, 1934-2014’ by Rodney Milnes ................................................836-9(p) ‘Gerard Mortier, 1943-2014’ by Nicholas Payne ................................................535-41(p) Ghent: Vlaamse Opera ......... 307-8(p), 1255-6(p) see also Antwerp Glasgow Theatre Royal ................................... 1081, 1357 see also Scottish Opera Glimmerglass Festival..........435, 554, 1284-6(p) Plans ..................................................... 422, 428 Alice Busch Opera Theatre Exterior ................................................. 423(p) Glyndebourne ....... 7(p), 16, 109-10(p), 136-8(p),

158(p), 408(p), 414-18(p), 434, 554, 774-7(p), 805, 828, 836-9(p), 897-9(p), 903-4(p), 941, 948(p), 1021-2(p), 1070, 1156-8(p), 1171-3(p), 1305-6(p), 1313-14,

1369, 1381(p), 1585-6(p)

Plans ........................................... 427, 428, 1328 Christie (John) Award ................................ 1224 Glyndebourne Live cinema transmissions Plans ......................................................... 1048 Glyndebourne Tour ........ 1559-61(p), 1575-6(p) Interior ..................................................... 838(p) Gotha: Ekhof Festival .................................... 430 Gothenburg................................................ 275(p) Göttingen: Händel-Festspiele ..... 430, 1112-13(p) Gramophone Awards .................................... 1369

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