Review: The Marriage of Figaro (State Opera South Australia)
State Opera South Australia's Figaro pulsates with life and joie de vivre but lacks a genuinely subversive edge.
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State Opera South Australia's Figaro pulsates with life and joie de vivre but lacks a genuinely subversive edge.
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