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Performer: Benedict Nelson

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Moreton-in-MarshMacbethNew production

Longborough Festival
Verdi: Macbeth
Nil Venditti; Karolina Sofulak; Longborough Festival Opera; Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra; Longborough Festival Chorus; Benedict Nelson; Viktoriia Balan
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