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www.operanow.co.uk February 2019 | £4.95
AT THE HEART OF THE OPERA WORLD
A YEAR IN ITALY Drama and passion from La Scala to Sicily
BRING IN THE NEW Young artists in Amsterdam
CELEBRATING A LEGEND Lisa della Casa’s powers of attraction
CITY SLICKERS The rising fortunes of
Vilnius City Opera
PLUS
Cornelia Beskow’s sensational Senta
in Malmö Monstrous Child at the
Royal Opera House Asters – the flowering
of a new era for Japanese opera
VENERA GIMADIEVAThe soprano from Tatarstan who’s making all the right choices
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