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The Enchantress charms in Naples: Tchaikovsky's opera finally premiered in Italy

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Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 17 February 2017
Tchaikovsky, The Enchantress
Teatro di San Carlo
Zaurbek Gugkaev, Conductor
Sir David Pountney, Director
Robert Innes Hopkins, Set Designer
Tatiana Noginova, Costume Designer
Yaroslav Petryanik, Prince Nikita Kurlyatev
Liubov Sokolova, Princess Yevpraksiya Romanovna
Nikolai Yemtsov, Prince Yury
Alexei Tanovitski, Mamirov
Lyudmila Gradova, Nenila
Grigor Werner, Ivan Zhuran
Maria Bajankina, Nastasya
Anna Barhatova, Polya
Artyom Melikhov, Balakin
Vitaly Dudkin, Lukash
Denis Begansky, Foka
Lev El'gardt, Potap
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