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A musically satisfying Don Carlo in Tokyo

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Reviewed at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan: Main Hall, Tokyo on 19 February 2014
Verdi, Don Carlo(s) (Italian Five Act Version)
Tokyo Nikikai Opera
Gabriele Ferro, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director
Robert Jones, Set Designer
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Costume Designer
Keiko Yokoyama, Elisabeth de Valois
Mutsumi Taniguchi, La princesse Eboli
Kei Fukui, Don Carlos
Hiroyuki Narita, Rodrigue, marquis de Posa
Jun Ito, Philippe II
Kenji Saiki, Le Grand Inquisiteur
Hirohisa Sannohe, Un moine
Takashi Otsuki, Le comte de Lerme
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