THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE 100 reviews of CDs, DVDs & books by the world’s finest critics

The BBC’s spectacular Opera

Seasonrevealed!See p114

THE 20 GREATEST OPERAS

of all time!

As voted for by 172 of the world’s finest opera singers

Including José Carreras Renée Fleming Plácido Domingo Kiri Te Kanawa

Bryn Terfel See p32 for how they voted

IN YOUR OPERA SPECIAL

Jonas Kaufmann The superstar tenor interviewed

Nights at the Opera Lucy Worsley’s new TV series

Pietro Mascagni Italian opera’s gritty realist

Also in this issue Music and memories How sound stimulates the brain

Vaugha n Wil l i ams The best Sea Symphony on disc