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161sh granted Sir

I

lk see that Rodney Milnes would

iloe to hear the counter-tenor James wtnan singing in Handel opera.

her He need wait only until Novem,

, when the Handel Opera Society 'e,vives its very successful production Handel 's Ottone at Sadler's Wells It;:afre. Rosebery Avenue. Mr Bowih n will be singing the name part in

production. , ln fact, the Society beat Mr Milnes ‘o it H

excitsi,„ • e mentions Guam Cesare and as operas which might be (lic:unted as vehicles for Mr Bowman that ough I just venture to remind him ,at the dominant part in each case is soPrano), The Handel Opera Society beas Put on both at the Queen Eliza1,7I th all recently — Guth° Cesare in and A/cina in 1972. Admittedly these were concert performances and 0Q staged, but that is better than nt,hing. Mr Bowman sang on both oc,,.-"„s„s as Tolomeo in Guilio Cesare Ruggero in Alcina. He was very ing too. Michael Johnson 41000. Treasurer, Handel Opera Society, Avenue Road, London N6