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89:and, in 1974 at the
59:The Juilliard School
29:Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
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921:Here on archive.org
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120:La Clemenza di Tito
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36:Catherine Malfitano
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554:Le nozze di Figaro
381:Gian Carlo Menotti
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1233:Categories
1067:References
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826:Alban Berg
685:Giorgetta
680:Il tabarro
588:Cleopatra
547:Servillia
535:Konstanze
415:Kurt Weill
227:Emmy Award
212:, and the
154:La Monnaie
152:in Paris,
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1048:Stiffelio
1014:Joe's Pub
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899:'s opera
866:Juliette
820:Beatrice
798:Stiffelio
728:La bohème
709:Lauretta
622:Fiorilla
409:Euridice
370:L'Ormindo
318:Composer
308:Repertory
198:Amsterdam
96:La bohème
1165:Archived
1118:Archived
1083:Archived
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904:, Op. 54
559:Susanna
518:Thérèse
324:Role(s)
76:Falstaff
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1055:Puccini
981:Rossini
969:Puccini
844:Wozzeck
774:Macbeth
496:Fidelio
484:Gretel
392:Annina
375:Erisbe
358:Poppea
341:Salome
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