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A routine Fidelio in Vienna saved by some impressive debuts

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 7 January 2016
Beethoven, Fidelio
Vienna State Opera
Peter Schneider, Conductor
Otto Schenk, Director
Günther Schneider-Siemssen, Set Designer
Leo Bei, Costume Designer
Anja Kampe, Leonore
Klaus Florian Vogt, Florestan
Albert Dohmen, Don Pizarro
Stephen Milling, Rocco
Valentina Naforniţă, Marzelline
Jörg Schneider, Jaquino
Boaz Daniel, Don Fernando
Dritan Luca, First prisoner
Hiro Ijichi, Second prisoner
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