This month, many of you will doubtless be participating in Dry July. But as opera lovers will tell you, you don’t actually need to be imbibing in order to feel intoxicated – just listen to some of the great operas instead. In our cover feature, Musical Inebriation, Mahima Macchione raises a glass to opera’s love affair with all things alcoholic, and explores how drinking and drunkenness play their part in so many operatic plots.

Limelight July 2021
The cover of the July 2021 edition of Limelight
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