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Directed By
Brian Large
TOP CAST
Plácido Domingo
Conductor
Simone Alberghini
Don Giovanni
Irina Lungu
Donna Anna
Adrian Sâmpetrean
Leporello
Dmitry Korchak
Don Ottavio
Kateřina Kněžíková
Donna Elvira
Jan Šťáva
Comtur
Jiří Brückler
Masetto
Julia Novikova
Zerlina
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