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magazine, writing in 1992, counted 14 complete recordings and considered it the finest of the lot. His colleague, James Camner, reviewing the Opera d'Oro reissue in 2003, called it "one of the treasures of recorded opera. ... Unfortunately, the transfer is over filtered. The high frequencies are
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1653:(baritone),
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1570:René Massis
1433:Libor PeĆĄek
1391:Colin Davis
1242:In Italian
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886:Ălie Cohen
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718:Noted arias
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365:Charlotte,
319:sang it in
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246:Marie Delna
212:Esclarmonde
185:(1792) and
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2050:Opera News
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1839:References
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1448:Petr Weigl
1237:CD: G.O.P.
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798:Ălie Cohen
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350:Voice type
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122:1892-02-16
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401:Werther,
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187:Pucitta
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52:Grasset
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2657:(2010)
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2491:(1904)
2488:Cigale
2472:(1900)
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