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Acting
Beczała's Riccardo—charming, doomed, vocally flawless.
Direction
Erath's staging: modern minimalism meets baroque drama.
Production
Bayerische Staatsoper's sets—shadowy, gorgeous, vaguely threatening.
Director
Johannes Erath
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