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'Nobody says no to Gergiev'; London is to get a Verdi festival thanks to the...
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) ...getting a Verdi Festival to mark the...Their visit gets no subsidy from...there will be no repeat visit...the Kirov, London s Verdi fest represents...technology no help. Hanging...singers. ...

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