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August 2022

THE OPERA LOVER’S ESSENTIAL GUIDE

GIUSEPPE VERDIHis dramatic journey from showman and Shakespeare-lover to operatic revolutionary

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Palace premiere Vivaldi gets the authentic treatment at Drottningholm’s Royal Theatre

Misunderstood masterpiece Why Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra deserves our love

PLUS Mozart and Da Ponte in San Francisco Outrage at Munich’s provocative Les Troyens

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Jakub Józef Orlińksy on film • Brindley Sherratt’s Favourite Things • New Recordings • Worldwide Opera Guide