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An anti-clerical Forza del destino in Munich

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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 7 May 2015
Verdi, La forza del destino
Bavarian State Opera
Asher Fisch, Conductor
Martin Kušej, Director
Heidi Hackl, Costume Designer
Martin Zehetgruber, Set Designer
Anja Harteros, Leonora
Nadia Krasteva, Preziosilla
Jonas Kaufmann, Don Alvaro
Simone Piazzola, Don Carlo
Vitalij Kowaljow, Padre Guardiano, Marquis of Calatrava
Heike Grötzinger, Curra
Leonard Bernad, Chirurgo
Francesco Petrozzi, Trabuco
Ambrogio Maestri, Fra Melitone
Christian Rieger, Alcade
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