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Glänzendes Met-Debüt von Joana Mallwitz

Michael Sumuel (Figaro) und Olga Kulchynska (Susanna) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Eine aufstrebende deutsche Dirigentin entlockt dem Orchester in der fünften Wiederaufnahme der witzigen Inszenierung von Richard Eyre aus dem Jahr 2014 an der Met ein hervorragendes Spiel.
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