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Lyric Opera of Chicago presents a taut, effective Ariadne auf Naxos

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Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 11 December 2011
Strauss R., Ariadne auf Naxos
Lyric Opera of Chicago
John Cox, Director
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Amber Wagner, The Primadonna (Ariadne)
Anna Christy, Zerbinetta
Alice Coote, Composer
Brandon Jovanovich, The Tenor (Bacchus)
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