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Oper Halle's Jephtha lacks coherency

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Reviewed at Oper Halle, Halle on 26 May 2017
Handel, Jephtha (Première)
Oper Halle
Christoph Spering, Conductor
Tatjana Gürbaca, Director
Stefan Heyne, Set Designer
Silke Willrett, Costume Designer
Ines Lex, Iphis
Svitlana Slyvia, Storgé
Robert Sellier, Jephtha
Ki-Hyun Park, Zebul
Leandro Marziotte, Hamor
Tae-Young Hyun, Angel
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