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BudapestMahler: Symphony No. 8
Mahler: Symphony no. 8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; János Kovács; Zita Szemere; Lilla Horti; Zsuzsanna Kapi; Andrea Szántó
BudapestDebussy: L'enfant prodigue & La damoiselle élue / Liszt: SardanapaloNew production
Debussy, Liszt
János Kovács; Hungarian State Opera; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Eszter Sümegi; Boldizsár László
BudapestBoito: Mefistofele
Boito: Mefistofele
János Kovács; Balázs Kovalik; Hungarian State Opera; Csaba Antal; Mari Benedek; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus
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