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Stairway to heaven: a thrilling Mefistofele in Budapest

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“The devil had dropped his gauntlet and so had Kovalik. Challenge accepted.”
Reviewed at Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Budapest on 28 May 2015
Boito, Mefistofele
Hungarian State Opera
Carlo Montanaro, Conductor
Balázs Kovalik, Director
Csaba Antal, Set Designer
Mari Benedek, Costume Designer
Gabriella Létay Kiss, Margherita, Elena
Attila Fekete, Faust
András Palerdi, Mefistofele
Erika Markovics, Marta
Dániel Vadász, Wagner
Marianna Venekei, Choreography
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Hungarian State Opera Chorus
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