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Johan Botha's death casts a pall over Madama Butterfly in Vienna

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 8 September 2016
Puccini, Madama Butterfly
Vienna State Opera
Philippe Auguin, Conductor
Josef Gielen, Director
Tsugouharu Foujita, Set Designer
Kristine Opolais, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)
Piero Pretti, Pinkerton
Boaz Daniel, Sharpless
Bongiwe Nakani, Suzuki
Herwig Pecoraro, Goro
Alexandru Moisiuc, The Bonze
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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