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Verdi’s Aida with Jonas Kaufmann keeps its magnificence whilst avoiding stereotypes

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Video. Verdi’s Aida with Jonas Kaufmann keeps its magnificence whilst avoiding stereotypes

Updated: 18/02/2021 - 18:35 GMT+1

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Dutch director Lotte de Beer creates a new take on Verdi’s famous opera by using puppets and by taking a critical look at Europe’s 19th-century history during colonization.

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