IAN BOSTRIDGE

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BRITTEN’S DEATH IN VENICE

DIRECTED BY

DEBORAH WARNER

‘... an outstanding interpreter of Britten’ The Sunday Times on Ian Bostridge

Britten’s evocative masterpiece of beauty, desire and mortality. Conducted by Edward Gardner

NEWPRODUCTION

24 MAY –13 JUNE 2007

8 performances only

Image: Herbert List, Reflections of St. Marco, Venice 1953

LA CLEMENZA DI TITO MOZART

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Edward Gardner conducts David McVicar’s Olivier Award-nominated production, with Emma Bell, Alice Coote & Paul Nilon.

8 JUNE –23 JUNE 2007

5 performances only

ENO live at the London Coliseum www.eno.org 0870 145 0200 English National Opera, London Coliseum St Martin’s Lane, London WC 2N 4ES May 2007 Volume 58 No 5

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Front cover: Diana Damrau and Jill Grove in ‘Die Aegyptische Helena’at the Met (see pp. 575-9) (photo: Ken Howard)

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517 Mine’s bigger than yours By the Editor 518 The English Verdi? Ian Bostridge talks to Rupert Christiansen about Britten’s tenor roles 521 Readers’letters 523 People 335:Harry Bicket Stephen Pettitt 528 Newsdesk 530 Still going strong Robert Oresko celebrates the octogenarian Rita Gorr 535 Around midnight Peter Alward on Norman Lebrecht’s obituary for the record industry 538 Julian Budden, 1924-2007 Roger Parker 539 Obituary 543 Opera around the world 582 Opera in Britain 608 Opera on CD 617 Opera on DVD 619 Opera books 622 Coming events including plans for the UK houses, Brussels, Paris (Opééra National), New York (Met); ‘We hear that ...’; Opera calendar home and abroad 639 Classified advertisements 640 If I came back as ... Zdenka Fiona Maddocks

Opera, May 2007

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