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Norrköping Symphony Orchestra; Karl-Heinz Steffens; Kathrin Lorenzen; Kristina Hammarström; Thomas Volle; Henning von Schulman
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A persuasively dark Don Giovanni from Swedish Radio
Andrew Staples creates an austere, monochrome semi-staging that's strangely appropriate to the times; Peter Mattei and John Lundgren lead an excellent cast.
The other Lulu: a Danish rarity in Copenhagen
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Kasper Holten's production of Carl Nielsen's delightful comedy Maskarade delights in Copenhagen.