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StockholmTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Eivind Gullberg Jensen; Knut Hendriksen; Royal Swedish Opera; Vitali Alekseenok; André Callegaro; Björn Brusewitz; Ann-Mari Anttila
LondonGötterdämmerungNew production
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Sir Antonio Pappano; Barrie Kosky; The Royal Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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