TITLE: THEATRE ARTS
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ISSUE DATE: JANUARY, 1956; Vol. XL, No. I
CONDITION: Standard sized magazine, Approx 8oe" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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THE COVER: SPECIAL OPERA ISSUE: The cover subject for this opera issue is Eleanor Steber, Metropolitan Opera soprano who this season adds a thirty-fifth leading role to her repertoire -- the name role in Puccini's Manon Lescaut. Other Met roles for Miss Steber this season are Elsa in Lohengrin, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, Eva in Die Meistersinger, and Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus. Color photo by Alexander Bender.
Special acknowledgment is given to Emily Coleman, who regularly writes this magazine's "Opera House" feature and who gave special assistance to the Editors for this issue.

THE PLAY:
History of a Libretto by Ruth Martin.
Libretto of opera "Cosi fan tutte" by Mozart.

OPERA FEATURES (OPERA SECTION BEGINS ON PAGE 23):
The Met's Mr. Rudolf Bing: a Balance Sheet by Emily Coleman.
What's New at the Metropolitan by Francis Robinson.
Music Hath Charms by Margaret Fishback Antolini.
TV in the Opera Picture by Peter Herman Adler.
Designing of a "Magic Flute" by Harry Homer.
Opera at the Bench by Mary Ellis Peltz.
The Case of the Unseen Opera by George R. Marek.
When Is an Opera Not an Opera? by John Gutman.
Opera on Records: Fact vs. Fancy by Remy Van Wyck Farkas.
The Other Side of the Operatic Record by Goddard Lieberson.
The Well-Dressed Opera by Dorle J. Soria.
Operatic Reunion in Vienna by Emily Coleman.
Director's Dream by Herbert Graf.
Lyric Chicago: Opera Ascendant by Claudia Cassidy.
The New York City Opera's Fall Season.
The San Francisco Story.
On a Desert Island With Twelve Million Opera Fans.
ON BROADWAY:
The Desk Set.
Comedic Francaise.
The Chalk Garden.
Deadfall.
The Heavenly Twins.
The Lark.
The Vamp.
A Hatful of Rain.
DEPARTMENTS: Letters; Calendar of the Theatre Arts; Limelights and Footlights by Hedy Clark; Offstage; Books.

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