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Traditional Carmen a musical and dramatic success in Vienna

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 6 September 2016
Bizet, Carmen
Vienna State Opera
Philippe Auguin, Conductor
Franco Zeffirelli, Director, Set Designer
Elena Maximova, Carmen
Brandon Jovanovich, Don José
Clemens Unterreiner, Escamillo
Cristina Pasaroiu, Micaëla
Hila Fahima, Frasquita
Ilseyar Khayrullova, Mercédès
Joseph Dennis, Le Remendado
Mihail Dogotari, Le Dancaïre
Orhan Yildiz, Moralès
Alexandru Moisiuc, Zuniga
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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