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ParisLe Messie
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Handel: Messiah
Jean-Christophe Spinosi; Nina Spinosi; Rémy Brès-Feuillet; Gaël Lefevre; Florian Boesch
ViennaEine florentinische Tragödie / Herzog Blaubarts BurgNew production
Zemlinsky, Bartók
Alain Altinoglu; Vasily Barkhatov; Vienna State Opera; Christian Schmidt; Stefanie Seitz; Alexander Sivaev; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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