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From 2007 to 2022, Robert Meyer headed the
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The stage is 17.2 meters wide and 19 meters deep and has a mechanic load capacity of 500 kg/m. In the middle of the stage is a turnable and liftable circular platform, around which is a turnable ring platform with an external diameter of 15 meters. There are also 3 hand-operated person trap
193:. In the movie, KGB General Koskov, who is defecting to the West, is attending a performance, and Bond and his handler Saunders cover him from an apartment across the street (in real life across Währingerstraße, the building is a confectionery store "Zum süßen Eck").
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became artistic director and principal conductor. Hugo Gruder-Guntram succeeded
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as its music director on 31 December 2023, and the appointment of Ben
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in Vienna, Austria. It produces three hundred performances of twenty-five German language productions of opera, operetta, musicals, and ballet, during an annual season which runs from
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as its next music director, effective 1 September 2022, with an initial contract of 5 years. In
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