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Cecilia Bartoli opens debate on music and gender

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Cecilia Bartoli opens debate on music and gender

The Italian mezzo, who loves playing male roles, is behind a public debate on Music and Gender at the Vienna State Opera on June 30 (free admission here).

Hers is the only recognizable head above the parapet.

The other participants are:
Cecilia Bartoli
Gudrun Mancusi
Arnold Jacobshagen
Heinz Sichrovsky
Alexandra Kautzky-Willer
Eva Schernhammer
Christa Brüstle
Bernhard Riebl
Luka Kusztrich
Gaspard Stankovski-Hoursiangou
Martina Miedl
Herbert Mayr
Anna Gruchmann
Julia Zulus
Paul Blüml
Kathrin Fabian
Daniela Ivanova
Sonja Schadler
Manfred Hennenberg
Laura Fabinyi
Katharina Paul
 

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