{"id":17603,"date":"2025-06-11T22:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=17603"},"modified":"2025-06-11T22:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:27:05","slug":"a-new-voice-in-vienna-anastasia-kosmidous-path-to-the-vienna-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/17603\/a-new-voice-in-vienna-anastasia-kosmidous-path-to-the-vienna-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Voice In Vienna: Anastasia Kosmidou\u2019s Path to the Vienna Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opera is a part of the everyday fabric of life in Vienna, it remains for the people, escaping the \u2018elitist\u2019 tag which burdens other nations opera. 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