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Laura Aikin a magnificent Emilia Marty in Vienna's new Makropulos Case

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 15 December 2015
Janáček, The Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos)
Vienna State Opera
Jakub Hrůša, Conductor
Peter Stein, Director
Ferdinand Wögerbauer, Set Designer
Annamaria Heinreich, Costume Designer
Laura Aikin, Emilia Marty / Elina Makropoulos
Margarita Gritskova, Kristina
Rainer Trost, Albert Gregor
Ludovit Ludha, Albert Gregor
Heinz Zednik, Count Hauk-Šendorf
Norbert Ernst, Janek
Wolfgang Bankl, Dr Kolenatý
Carlos Osuna, Baron Jaroslav Prus
Ilseyar Khayrullova, Chambermaid
Joachim Barth, Lighting Designer
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