Turin: Moscow Chamber Music Theatre......318-19 Rai Auditorium........................................320 Settembre Musica................................319-20 Teatro Regio............................318, 529, 942 Unione Musicale......................................320 Tyrolean Festival Plans ......................................................F117 Utah Festival Opera Plans ......................................................F118 Utrecht: Nationale Reisopera............52, 1471 Vadstena Festival Plans ......................................................F118 Valencia: Operalia 2006............................................26 Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia..........151, 193, 447-8, 695, 949 Plans ....................................................1278 Valle d’Itria Festival..............................1462-4 Plans........................................................F98 Vancouver Opera Plans ........................................................115 Varna Festival Plans ......................................................F119 Venezuela: Joven Camerata de Venezuela In London Plans ......................................................882 Venice: Teatro La Fenice......690-3(p), 776(p), 785(p), 1353-5, 1466-8 Fire ..........................................................529 Vermont: Green Mountain Opera Festival Plans ......................................................F119 Verona: Arena di Verona....................1469-70 Plans..................................................F119-20 Victoria: Pacific Opera Victoria..............1057 Vienna: Altes Burgtheater Interior ..............................................F15(p) Halle E..............................................424-5(p) Kammeroper..........................................802-3 Musikwerkstatt ........................................673 Neue Oper Wien......................................547 Semper Depot ..........................................673 Staatsoper ......34-6(p), 151, 404, 425(p), 426, 672-3, 790-1, 801-2, 907, 1216, 1308(p),1425(p) Plans................................................1010-11 In South Korea ....................................1057 Ticket prices ........................................1057 Theater an der Wien..........160, 674, 802(p), 1328-9(p) Vienna Festival ................................922-4(p) Plans....................................................F120 Volksoper......................................161, 673-4 ‘View from the battlefield’by Richard Fairman............................................140-6(p) Vilnius: Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre 444-5(p)

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Vocal competitions and scholarships: Alter (Gisela and Dennis) Distinguished Artist Awards......................................1305 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World....25, 406, 909(p), 978-80 Callas (Maria) Debut Artist of the Year Award..................................................909 Cardiff Singer of the World........................25 Chilcott (Susan) Scholarships..................151 Competition ‘Comunitàà Europea’............529 Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition......529 Donizetti Prize..........................................151 Ferrier (Kathleen) Awards........................653 Guildhall School of Music and Drama Gold Medal....................................................653 Handel Singing Competition....................653 Helpmann Awards..................................1189 Independent Opera Artist Support..........1305 International Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition........................................1057 Kennedy (Joyce and Michael) Prize for the Singing of Strauss................................529 MacArthur Fellowships..........................1305 Montreal International Musical Competition 1305 Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition........1057 Olivier Awards..........................................406 Operalia 2006............................................26 Queen Sonja International Music Competition........................................1189 Royal Philharmonic Society....................793 Schmid (Patric) Bel Canto Prize..............793 Sills (Beverly) Artist Award....................653 Sullivan (William Matheus) Musical Foundation..............................................26 Tucker (Richard) Award..........................653 Wigmore Hall Medal................................289 Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarship Awards..............................529 Young Concert Artists Trust ....................793 Zachary (Loren L.) National Vocal Competition..........................................909 Warsaw: Mozart Festival Plans......................................................F122 Washington National Opera....205-6(p), 1096 Plans ........................................................499 Wels: Richard Wagner Festival Plans....................................................F122-3 Welsh National Opera..........282(p), 467-8(p), 474-7(p), 588-9(p), 793, 964-6(p), 1384-7(p), 1423, 1493-4(p), 1504(p) Plans............114-15, 241, 367-8, 496-7, 623, 643, 751, 1009, 1143-4, 1275-6, 1402-3, 1534 Friends of Welsh National Opera....117, 1279, 1537 Wexford Festival..........45-6(p), 778(p), 1057, 1225-9(p), 1305, 1433, 1532 Plans......................................................F123 ‘The wide view’by Horst Koegler....153-8(p) ‘Wings of song’by Yehuda Shapiro....270-4(p) ‘The woman in black’by Mary Ann Smart 1196-1200(p) Woodhouse..............................................1376 Wooster: Ohio Light Opera Plans......................................................F124 Wuppertahl: Büühnen..................................312 York: Early Opera Company............................1129 National Centre for Early Music............1129

University of York Music Department In London..............................................90-1 York Opera............................................1507 Zagreb: Music Biennale Zagreb Plans....................................................F124-7 Zurich: Festival Plans....................................................F127 Opernhaus ..............151, 194-5(p), 327-8(p), 571-2, 907, 1090-1(p), 1426(p) Plans..................................................1148-9 Zwickau: Schumann (Robert) Prize............26

II. INDEX OFCONTRIBUTORS

Articles, as distinct from reports, are shown in single quotation marks

Albright, William DVD review..........................1262-4, 1397-8 Reports from Houston......197, 453-4, 697-8, 954-5(p) Allison, John Editor’s comments ‘Age is an operatic issue’ ......................771 ‘Coming soon...’....................................899 ‘Disappearing acts’..............................1295 ‘Dream on’ ............................................643 ‘Five on Adventure Island’..................1423 ‘Hip replacement’................................1031 ‘In memoriam’......................................1163 ‘Into the Euro zone’ ..............................131 ‘Midsummer madness’............................F9 ‘Mine’s bigger than yours’ ....................517 ‘New Year, new look’................................3 ‘Pipers and tunes’ ..................................261 ‘Second houses’......................................389 People 340: Franz Welser-Mööst......1424-32(p) Rigolettoat Covent Garden................1125-6 ‘ASouthern Valhalla?’ ..................1045-9(p) Toscaat Covent Garden................1132-3(p) CD reviews..............93-4, 608-10, 615-16(p) DVD review..........................................233-4 Report from Amsterdam..........................830 Report from Bayreuth..................1219-21(p) Report from Berlin..................................310 Report from Brussels......................1448-9(p) Report from Bucharest ..................1471-3(p) Report from Cologne......................311-12(p) Report from Gothenburg..................448-9(p) Report from Helsinki........................808-9(p) Report from Luxembourg................828-9(p) Report from Perth............................543-4(p) Reports from Vienna..........34-6(p), 922-4(p) Alward, Peter ‘Around midnight’............................535-7(p) Anderson, Nicholas ‘Once more exalted’ ......................1201-6(p)

Antonacci, Anna Caterina ‘Réégine Crespin, 1927-2007’ ................1058 Appleby, Rosalind Book review..........................................364-5 CD reviews ................................614-15, 872 Reports from Perth......545-6, 1210-11, 1445 Apthorp, Shirley Report from Aix-en-Provence............1072-3 Report from Hamburg....................818-20(p) Report from Lisbon..............................567-8 Reports from Munich....820-1(p), 1081-3(p) Report from Neustrelitz..........................1345 Report from Salzburg..........................1326-8 Arblaster, Anthony ChaplinOperas by London Sinfonietta 593-4 Arnosi, Eduardo Reports from Buenos Aires........32-3, 420-2, 800-1, 1067-8, 1323-4(p) Reports from La Plata....33, 422, 1068, 1324 Ashley, Tim Francesca da Rimini by BBC Philharmonic 858-9 The Tempest at Covent Garden........596-8(p) Report from Munich........................176-8(p) Ashman, Mike ‘The lost flowermaiden’ ................1434-8(p) Book reviews......................619-20, 621, 747 Atwood, Margaret ‘Richard Bradshaw, 1944-2007’ ........1171-2 Bacon, Henry Reports from Helsinki......165-7(p), 676-8(p) Baker, Janet ‘Alan Blyth, 1929-2007’........................1168 Ballantine, Christopher Report from Pretoria........................190-2(p) Bash, James Reports from Portland..................704, 960-1 Baxter, Robert Report from Philadelphia....................1366-7 Report from Princeton............................1490

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