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October 2019 • £5.99

THE OPERA LOVER’S ESSENTIAL GUIDE

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH Oliver Mears Director of Opera at Covent Garden & Yannick Nézet-Séguin Musical supremo at the Met

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The irrepressible highs of MICHAEL SPYRES

PLUS Orlando Figes charts the rise of opera in Russia • Zandra Rhodes on dressing divas

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