Wiener Staatsoper Review: Káťa Kabanová Copy


My review of the Wiener Staatsoper's production of Janáček's Káťa Kabanová has been posted at: http://passionofopera.blogspot.com/2011/11/wiener-staatsoper-review-kata-kabanova.html


Reviews and other information regarding opera regularly at: http://passionofopera.blogspot.com/

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