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...Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. The Flute was given first, before a sellout audience in the 300-year-old riding arena, carved out of the Monchsberg by the archbishops of Salzburg. "It is Mozart's turn," explained old Baron Heinrich Puthon, the festival's president. "Next year we will open with Fidelio so Beethoven will not be mad at us." For the Flute, the State Opera had no single great voice to offer, but its ensemble singing was highly polished; the acting had lightness and pace...
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