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VilniusA Midsummer Night's Dream
Britten: Ein Sommernachtstraum
Martynas Stakionis; Gintaras Varnas; Lithuanian National Opera; Vytautas Narbutas; Juozas Statkevičius; Eugenijus Sabaliauskas; Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra
VilniusLes Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmanns Erzählungen)
Martynas Stakionis; Federico Grazzini; Lithuanian National Opera; Andrea Belli; Valeria Donata Bettella; Giuseppe di Iorio; Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra
VilniusA Midsummer Night's Dream
Britten: Ein Sommernachtstraum
Raimonda Skabeikaitė; Gintaras Varnas; Lithuanian National Opera; Julius Geniušas; Vytautas Narbutas; Juozas Statkevičius; Eugenijus Sabaliauskas
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