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Emojis instead of emotions in Simon Stone's Traviata in Vienna

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“Ludovic Tézier... elegant phrasing and the warm, mellow timbre of his voice gave Germont authority”
Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 18 September 2021
Verdi, La traviata
Vienna State Opera
Nicola Luisotti, Conductor
Simon Stone, Director
Robert Cousins, Set Designer
Alice Babidge, Costume Designer
James Farncombe, Lighting Designer
Zakk Hein, Video
Pretty Yende, Violetta Valéry
Frédéric Antoun, Alfredo Germont
Ludovic Tézier, Giorgio Germont
Stephanie Maitland, Annina
Szilvia Vörös, Flora Bervoix
Carlos Osuna, Gastone de Letorières
Sergey Kaydalov, Baron Douphol
Ilja Kazakov, Dr Grenvil
Michael Arivony, Marquis d'Obigny
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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