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Coming up:

July 11 at 1 p.m.
The Makropulos Affair by Leoš Janáček
The Royal Opera

CAST:

Aušrinė Stundytė as Emilia Marty

Sean Panikkar as Albert Gregor

Johan Reuter as Baron Jaroslav Prus

Henry Waddington as Dr. Kolenatý

Peter Hoare as Vitek

Daniel Matoušek as Janek

Alan Oke as Count Hauk-Šendorf

Heather Engebretson as Kristina

CONDUCTOR:

Jakub Hrůša conducts the Chorus & Orchestra of The Royal Opera.

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