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La Juive: Neil Shicoff’s dramatic farewell to the Wiener Staatsoper

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 3 March 2015
Halévy, La Juive
Vienna State Opera
Frédéric Chaslin, Conductor
Hila Fahima, Princess Eudoxie
Olga Bezsmertna, Rachel
Neil Shicoff, Éléazar
Jason Bridges, Prince Léopold
Gabriel Bermúdez, Ruggiero
Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Cardinal Brogni
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****1
Too much and too little: Jan Lauwers’ restless Clemenza in Vienna
***11
An Idomeneo shattered to pieces at the Wiener Staatsoper
**111
A holiday Bohème: Puccini, Zeffirelli and tradition in Vienna
***11
Stikhina, Tézier and Tetelman outstanding in classic Vienna Tosca
*****
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****1
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