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Simon Rattle begins his Vienna Ring journey

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 16 May 2015
Wagner, Das Rheingold
Vienna State Opera
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director
Olga Bezsmertna, Freia
Janina Baechle, Erda
Michaela Schuster, Fricka
Jason Bridges, Froh
Herbert Lippert, Loge
Herwig Pecoraro, Mime
Richard Paul Fink, Alberich
Boaz Daniel, Donner
Tomasz Konieczny, Wotan
Mikhail Petrenko, Fafner
Peter Rose, Fasolt
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****1
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***11
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**111
A holiday Bohème: Puccini, Zeffirelli and tradition in Vienna
***11
Stikhina, Tézier and Tetelman outstanding in classic Vienna Tosca
*****
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****1
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