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A solid Traviata at the Mariinsky

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“Bayankina breathed life into Violetta with small gestures and body language”
Reviewed at Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg on 27 September 2014
Verdi, La traviata
Valery Gergiev, Director
Arnaud Bernard, Set Designer
Katia Duflot, Costume Designer
Viktoria Yastrebova, Violetta Valéry
Sergei Semishkur, Alfredo Germont
Vasily Gerello, Giorgio Germont
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