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UnknownWorld Opera Day: Celebration Concert Act I
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Sviridov, Gluck, Donizetti, Verdi, Sorozábal, Hankash, Somtow Sucharitkul
Nikolai Zemlyanskyh; Hera Hyesang Park; Vitor Mascarenhas; Siobhan Stagg
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Heavenly music in Melbourne
The MSO and some suitably angelic singers deliver a remarkably bright, joyous interpretation of an already uplifting oratorio.
