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TRAILER Richard Strauss »Ariadne auf Naxos« // Semperoper Dresden
Oper in einem Aufzug nebst einem Vorspiel von Richard Strauss. Inszenierung von David Hermann in der Spielzeit 2018/19 an der Semperoper Dresden.
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