August 2005 Volume 56 No 8

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Front cover: Cecilia Bart Ii as Fiorilla in Covent Garden's new 'Turco in Italia' ( ee pp. 972-4) (photo: atherine shmore)

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By the Editor 906 Unintended consequences

Dennis Marks 907 Readers' letters 911 Carlo Maria Giulini, I 9 l4-2005

Sir Thomas Allen and Alan Blyth 915 People 318: tephen Wad worth

Brian Kellow 922 Newsdesk 926 Voice in the wilderne

John Allison on Israeli Opera's 20th anniver ary 930 People's arti t

Pavel Lisitsian- thefifth in Max Loppert's singer series 935 Opera around the world 968 Opera in Britain I OOO Opera on DVD I 004 Opera on D I O 11 Opera books I O 13 oming events including plans for the UK hou e , ntwerp and Ghent, Bru el , Aarhu openhagen, He! inki, tra bourg, Mulhou e and Col mar, Frankfurt, Miami and Fort Lauderdale; 'W hear that ... '; Opera calendar home and abr ad I 027 Cla sified advertisement I 028 My fir t opera: 'D n Gi vanni'

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