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SavonlinnaNabucco
Verdi: Nabucco
Iván López Reynoso; Rodula Gaitanou; takis; Jake Wiltshire; Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra
New York CityTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Karel Mark Chichon; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; Marco Armiliato; John Macfarlane; David Finn
LondonLa GiocondaNew production
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Sir Antonio Pappano; Oliver Mears; The Royal Opera; Philipp Fürhofer; Annemarie Woods; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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