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Drowned in the orchestral storm: Otello at the Hungarian State Opera

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Reviewed at Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Budapest on 27 May 2016
Verdi, Otello
Hungarian State Opera
Gergely Madaras, Conductor
Stefano Poda, Director
Rafael Rojas, Otello
Andrea Rost, Desdemona
Mihály Kálmándy, Iago
Judit Németh, Emilia
Gergely Boncsér, Cassio
Gergely Ujvári, Roderigo
Ferenc Cserhalmi, Lodovico
Sándor Egri, Montano
Géza Zsigmond, Herald
Hungarian State Opera Chorus
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