Originally published as the Fall 1986 issue of Daedalus, this volume offers dialogues, interviews, and observations on the vitality of this leading art form. Contributors include Pierre Boulez, John Cox, Matthew Epstein, George Harewood, Erich Leinsdorf, Harvey Lichtenstein, Terence McEwen, Gian Carlo Menotti, Jonathan Miller, Harold Prince, Beverly Sills, Elizabeth Soderstrom-Olow, Lies Askonas-Shepherd, Raffaello de Banfield, Fedora Barbieri, Humphrey Burton, Olivier Chevrillon, Bruce Crawford, Peter Diamand, August Everding, Hughes Gall, Ann Getty, Italo Gomez, Grey Gowrie, Ronald Grierson, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Claus Moser, Harold Rosenthal, Julius Rudel, Maryvonne de Saint Puulgent, Aulis Sallinen, Patrick Smith, John Tooley, Eva Wagner-Pasquier, George Weidenfeld, Huw Wheldon, and Hector Berlioz. Co-published with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.