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A pleasant, fizzy Merry Widow in Naples

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Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 24 January 2016
Lehár, Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)
Teatro di San Carlo
Alfred Eschwé, Conductor
Federico Tiezzi, Director
Eduardo Sanchi, Set Designer
Giovanna Buzzi, Costume Designer
Maria Pia Piscitelli, Hanna Glawari
Anna Maria Sarra, Valencienne
Valeria Esposito, Valencienne
Markus Werba, Count Danilo Danilovich
Filippo Morace, Baron Mirko Zeta
Francesca Martini, Sylviane
Miriam Artiaco, Olga
Bernadette Lucarini, Praskowia
Andrea Giovannini, Camille de Rosillon
Enzo Peroni, Raoul de St Brioche
Matteo Ferrara, Bogdanovich
Donato Di Gioia, Kromow
Peppe Barra, Njegus
Dario Giorgelè, Pritschitsch
Domenico Colaianni, Vicomte Cascada
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