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La bohème a chilly disappointment in Vienna

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 26 March 2016
Puccini, La bohème
Vienna State Opera
Simone Young, Conductor
Franco Zeffirelli, Director, Set Designer
Marcel Escoffier, Costume Designer
Angel Blue, Mimì
Valentina Naforniţă, Musetta
Jean-François Borras, Rodolfo
Alessio Arduini, Marcello
Clemens Unterreiner, Schaunard
Ryan Speedo Green, Colline
Alfred Sramek, Alcindoro
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