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The Makropulos Case in San Francisco: it's about time

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“Lithe and intense, with spiky blond hair and purposeful gait”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 14 October 2016
Janáček, The Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos)
San Francisco Opera
Mikhail Tatarnikov, Conductor
Olivier Tambosi, Director
Nadja Michael, Emilia Marty / Elina Makropoulos
Charles Workman, Albert Gregor
Dale Travis, Dr Kolenatý
Joel Sorensen, Vítek
Stephen Powell, Baron Jaroslav Prus
Matthew O'Neill, Count Hauk-Šendorf
Julie Adams, Kristina
Brenton Ryan, Janek
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