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A sleazy, sardonic Ballo from Helikon Opera in Talinn

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Reviewed at St Birgitta Convent, Tallinn on 15 August 2014
Verdi, Un ballo in maschera
Helikon Opera
Vladimir Ponkin, Conductor
Dmitry Bertman, Director
Tatiana Tulubieva, Set Designer
Elena Mikhaylenko, Amelia
Lydia Svetozarova, Oscar
Ksenia Viaznikova, Ulrica
Ilya Govzich, Riccardo
Aleksei Isaev, Renato
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