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Keeping Up with the Prussians: an homage to Wilhelmine von Bayreuth with Hasse's Artaserse

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Reviewed at Müpa: Festival Theatre, Budapest on 21 April 2018
Hasse, Artaserse (Hungarian première)
Michael Hofstetter, Conductor
Balázs Kovalik, Director
Sebastian Ellrich, Costume Designer
Benjamin Schmidt, Lighting Designer
Hofkapelle München
Anja Silja, Mezzo-soprano
Natalya Boeva, Mezzo-soprano
Kathrin Zukowski, Soprano
Pauline Rinvet, Soprano
Tianji Lin, Tenor
Eric Ander, Bass
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