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436:Il trionfo dell'onore
388:L'honestĂ negli amori
21:Il Mitridate Eupatore
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364:Alessandro Scarlatti
263:Vaccarini, Marina, "
36:Alessandro Scarlatti
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563:Namesakes
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529:Francesco
396:Il Pompeo
159:Pelopida
138:contralto
118:Nicomede
81:Mitridate
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541:Domenico
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107:Laodice
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412:Tigrane
145:Farnace
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198:Egypt
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70:Role
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273:ISBN
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