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Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 12 December 2014
Puccini, Turandot
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Ivan Repušić, Conductor
Lorenzo Fioroni, Director
Paul Zoller, Set Designer
Katharina Gault, Costume Designer
Heidi Stober, Liù
Catherine Foster, Turandot
Kamen Chanev, Calaf
Albert Pesendorfer, Timur
Peter Maus, Emperor Altoum
Gideon Poppe, Pang
Matthew Newlin, Pong
Andrew Harris, Mandarin
Melih Tepretmez, Ping
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