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Martinu's dazzling, overlooked Mirandolina in Prague

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Reviewed at Estates Theatre (Stavovské divadlo), Prague on 7 January 2014
Martinů, Mirandolina, H 346
National Moravian-Silesian Theatre
Marko Ivanović, Conductor
Jiří Nekvasil, Director
Kateřina Kněžíková, Mirandolina
National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Orchestra
Eva Drízgová, Ortensia
Anna Nitrová, Dejanira
Josef Moravec, Conte d'Albafloria
Luciano Mastro, Fabrizio
Jan Willem Baljet, Cavaliere di Ripafratta
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