People: 332: Alessandro Corbelli by George Hall 14-19(p) 333: David Fielding by Andrew Clark 262-9(p) 334: Robert Tear by Hugh Canning 396-404(p) 335: Harry Bicket by Stephen Pettitt 523-8(p) 336: Anna Netrebko by Hugh Canning 644-51(p) 337: Paul Curran by Andrew Clark 772-80(p) 338: Nina Stemme by Rupert Christiansen 901-7(p) 339: Sylvie Valayre by Richard Fairman 1180-8(p) 340: Franz Welser-Mööst by John Allison 1424-32(p) Performance Plans ........................................................370 Perth: University of Western Australia........1210-11 UWAPerth International Arts Festival 543-4(p) West Australian Opera......545-6, 1189, 1445 Plans ......................................................242 Pesaro: Rossini Festival........28(p), 1350-2(p) Plans....................................................F103-4 Philadelphia: Academy of Music................................1488 Center City Opera..............................1366-7 Opera Company of Philadelphia..........335-6, 844, 1238(p), 1488-90 Alter (Gisela and Dennis) Distinguished Artist Awards......................................1305 Philadelphia Orchestra ............................529 Phoenix: Arizona Opera..........................................960 Phoenix Metropolitan Opera....................908 ‘Pipers and tunes’by John Allison............261 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra................406 ‘Planning opera’s future’by Nicholas Payne 134-8(p) Ponte de Lima Festival Plans......................................................F104 Portland Opera................................704, 960-1 Potsdam: Musikfestspiele Potsdam......1345-6 ‘Practice and pragmatism’by Richard Law 27-30 Prague: Golden Prague Festival..........................1057 National Theatre....................................288-9 Prague Spring Festival Plans..................................................F104-6 Pretoria: Opera Africa........................190-2(p) Princeton: New Jersey Opera..................................1490

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Princeton Festival ..................................1490 Ravenna Plans......................................................F106 Ravinia Festival Plans....................................................F106-7 Readers’letters....11-12, 132-3, 274-9, 394-5, 521-2, 656, 780, 900, 1044, 1176-8, 1312-13 ‘Réégine Crespin, 1927-2007’ ........1058-62(p) ‘Rejoice greatly’by Hugh Canning..794-6(p) Reykjavik: Icelandic Opera................181-2(p) Rheinsberg Plans......................................................F107 ‘Richard Bradshaw, 1944-2007’by Margaret Atwood and Andrew Porter ..........1171-4(p) Riga: Festival Plans..................................................F107-8 Latvian National Opera..........................1433 Riva del Garda: Zandonai (Riccardo) International Competition for Young Singers 793 Rome: Teatro Costanzi ....................................443-4 Teatro Nazionale................................688-90 Teatro dell’Opera ............406, 443, 687-8(p) Terme di Caracalla Plans................................................F108-10 Rostov State Opera In London Plans ..........................................1276, 1403 Rotterdam: Nationale Reisopera ..............................1232 Philharmonic Orchestra............................151 Royal Philharmonic Society......................793 Ruhr Triennale..........................................1433 St Albans Chamber Opera................1494-5(p) Saint Louis: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis................1303, 1367-70(p) Plans ....................................................F110 Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra............289 St Margarethen Festival Plans..................................................F110-11 Saint Paul: Minnesota Opera......................845 St Petersburg: Maryinsky Opera....154(p), 652, 946-7 In Cardiff........................................214-16(p) In New York........................................1365-6 Saint-Etienne: Grand Thééââtre....................680 Salford Quays: Opera North................77-80(p), 81-3(p) Salzburg Festival..............141(p), 647(p), 907, 1057, 1190-4(p), 1212-16(p), 1326-8(p) Plans ....................................242, F111-12(p) San Diego: Lyric Opera San Diego..............................25 San Diego Opera..............................845-6(p) Plans..................................................1406-7 San Francisco: Davies Symphony Hall............................848 Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra............460 San Francisco Opera ..............202-5(p), 286, 458-60(p), 784(p), 905(p), 1032-7(p), 1092-4(p), 1433 Plans....................................................498-9 Finances..................................................150 San Francisco Symphony........................848 In London Plans ..................................................1144 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theatre 846-8 Santa Barbara: Opera Santa Barbara......961-2 Santa Fe Opera ....................................774(p), 793, 1057, 1370-3(p) Plans..................................................F112-13 Santiago: Chilean Chamber Opera............................37 Teatro Municipal..................289, 303-4, 929, 1045-9(p), 1452 Plans ......................................................242 Exterior............................................1047(p) Interior ............................................1047(p) Sãão Paulo: Teatro Municipal..............925-6(p) Sarasota Opera....................................704-6(p) Savona: Teatro dell’Opera Giocosa ..........563 Savonlinna Opera Festival ......909, 1332-4(p) Plans..................................................F113-14 Schwetzingen: Mozartsommer....936-7, 1341, 1342 Plans ......................................................F114 Scottish Opera....12, 76-7, 718-20(p), 790(p), 859-61(p), 1038(p), 1055, 1423, 1502-3(p) Plans......368, 497, 623, 643, 751, 882, 1009, 1144, 1276, 1403, 1534 In Edinburgh......................................214-15 In Giffnock..........................................1374-5 Lawsuits ..................................................406 Ticket prices ..........................................1031 Seattle Opera................25, 68-9(p), 336, 580, 848-9(p), 962, 1433, 1490-1 Plans ......................................................1016 ‘Second houses’by John Allison..............389 Seville: Teatro de la Maestranza..........147-50, 948-9 Exterior................................................148(p) Sheffield: London Sinfonietta................................593-4 Opera North......................................132, 394 ‘The show must go on’by Elizabeth Schafer 1318-22 Sign interpreted operas................11, 276, 395 Singapore Lyric Opera ....................1357-8(p) Skipton: Heritage Opera............................586 Sky Arts Plans............500, 627, 756, 887, 1016, 1150, 1279, 1407, 1536

Solothurn Plans..................................................F114-15 ‘ASouthern Valhalla?’by John Allison 1045-9(p) ‘Aspecial alchemy’by Julian Grant ....781-6(p) Spoleto: Festival of the Two Worlds................1464-6 Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto Competition ‘Comunitàà Europea’..........529 ‘Still going strong’by Robert Oresko..530-4(p) Stockholm: Royal Theatre Plans......................................................884-5 Strasbourg: Opééra National du Rhin........172, 306-7(p), 932-3(p), 1057, 1189, 1216-17(p), 1336-7(p) Plans ......................................................1012 Stuttgart: Staatsoper ....178-9, 556-8(p), 1223-4 Plans....................................................1147-8 Surtitles................................................12, 276 Swansea City Opera................................1177 Sydney: Australian Opera....................................1313 Opera Australia........546, 920-1, 1177, 1189, 1324-5, 1445-8(p) Plans..................................................1404-5 Pinchgut Opera......................................422-4 Sydney Symphony....................................653 Syros: Festival of the Aegean..............1346-8 Taipei: National Concert Hall ................58-60 Tanglewood Festival Chorus In London Plans ......................................................882 Teddington: Carl Rosa Opera ................461-2 Tel Aviv: Israeli Opera..............................824 Plans ......................................................1535 Thames Valley University........................1433 ‘Three welcome strangers’by Nicola LeFanu 1314-17(p) Toronto: Canadian Opera Company....25-6, 161-2(p), 550-2(p), 926-8(p), 1449-51(p) Plans....................................................368-9 Ticket prices ........................................1031 MusicaNoir ..............................................908 Opera Atelier ........................................162-4 Torre del Lago: Puccini Festival..............1466 Plans..................................................F115-16 Tóórshavn ..................................................40-1 Toscana Opera Festival..............................151 Toulouse: Thééââtre du Capitole....23, 811-12(p), 1217-19 Plans ......................................................1277 Trenton: Boheme Opera..........................1094 Trier Festival Plans ......................................................F117 Trieste: Teatro Verdi............690, 827-8, 1085, 1352-3 Truro: Duchy Opera............................84-6(p)

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