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FRONT OF HOUSE MAIN STAGE

36 VERDI AT 200

Opera Now's pick of the

THE CRITICAL VIEW

5 EDITORIAL

Celebrating Verdi

18 COVER FEATURE

The 29-year-old soprano,

Verdi celebrations in 2013 56-67 LIVE REVIEWS

Festival reports from

Nino Machaidze, talks 40 MAKE ME A SINGER

Edinburgh, Salzburg,

6 FEEDBACK

about romance on and Five leading conservatoire Glyndebourne and Dorset off the stage, including profes ors explore the I New productions in

8-12 NEWS & NOTES

her passion for bel canto demand of training to London, Cardiff and

Nagana gets top job in heroines and music from be an opera singer

Hamburg I Egyptian

her native Georgia

Amsterdam I Puccini in

Taipei and Singapore

soprano wins Leyla Gencer

Competition I Sky Arts 24 POSTCARD FROM . ..

44 IT'S A WRAP

Seasonal gifts for opera MULTIMEDIA

to televise Rosenblatt

California- America's lovers, including CDs,

Recitals I Celebrating final frontier, providing DVDs and books

Britten in 2013 I Opera's golden opportunities for

Austrian finishing

the best of international 48 INSPIRATIONS

school I and more ...

opera alongside a range of Wagnerian soprano bold young contenders Deborah Voigt pay

68 NEW RELEASES

Verdi opera on CD,

DVD and Blu-ray

70 BOOKS

14 TALENT SPOTTING

homage to the divas

Stefanos Lazaridis - the

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32 COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY Become an instant expert BACK STAGE Writer and academic on Verdi's Rigoletto Roger Parker debunks 78 GRAND FINALE the myths surrounding 53 SQUILLO New head of opera, Ka per the role played by Verdi Michael White gets hot Holten, sets out his hopes and his operas in forging a under the collar about for his future at London's national identity in Italy male pornography Royal Opera House

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