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THE MAKROPULOS CASE
ChRISToPheR alDen’s remarkable Ja ná C ˇ ek production returns
Conductor SIR RIChaRD aRMSTRong
Starring aManDa RooCRofT anDReW ShoRe alaSD aIR ellIoT T
20 Sep – 5 oct 5 performances
FAUST eno’s magnificent neW P Ro DUC TI on of goU noD’s hugely popular classic
Conductor eDWaRD gaRDneR
Starring Toby SPenCe MeloD y MooRe IaIn PaTeRSon
18 Sep – 16 oct 9 performances eno lIVe aT The lonDon ColISeUM www.eno.org 0871 911 0200
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Il lustr at io ns by Ji mmy Tu rr el l September 2010 Volume 61 No 9
Editor John Allison Deputy Editor Erica Jeal (on leave) Assistant Editor Kate Molleson Subscription Manager Megan Jackson
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Front cover: Charles Mackerras in rehearsal with the Philharmonia Orchestra in December 2009 (photo: Clive Barda)
1059 To ugher than ever
By the Editor
Founded in 1950 by the Earl of Harewood
Past Editors Har old Rosenthal and Rodney Milnes
1060 ‘Le grand Charles’
Lord Harewood, Dame Janet Baker, Dame Anne Evans and Rodney Milnes pay tribute to Sir Charles Mackerras
1066 People 383: Piotr Beczała
Hugh Canning
1076 Readers’ letters 1081 New broom Down Under
Lyndon Terracini tells John Allison about his plans for Opera Australia
1089 Newsdesk 1092 Professional polishing
George Hall on the work of British Youth Opera
1098 Obituary 1100 Opera around the world 1140 Opera in Britain 1166 Opera on radio 1168 Opera on DVD 1173 Opera on CD 1179 Opera books 1182 Coming events including plans for the UK houses, Liège, Limoges, Paris (Châtelet), Stuttgart; ‘We hear that …’; Opera calendar home and abroad 1191 Classified advertisements 1192 Wish I’d been there …
Simon Goldstone
Opera, September 2010
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