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Handel’s Agrippina

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THE OPERA LOVER’S ESSENTIAL GUIDE THE OPERA LOVER’S ESSENTIAL GUIDE THE OPERA LOVER’S ESSENTIAL GUIDE

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Life’s a picnic The best of country house opera this summer

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Turbulent priests Sir John Tomlinson revisits T S Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral How the mysterious legend of Pope Joan inspired a new opera

ANITA RACHVELISHVILI Explore opera’s deep end with this sensational mezzo

PLUS Our pick of Beethoven’s Fidelio on CD and film • Should we love tenors and their top Cs?

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