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381:Les Troyens
277:Seiji Ozawa
224:Émile Engel
205:Les Troyens
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917:References
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336:pot-pourri
265:Ann Murray
246:Tony Aubin
170:Paul Puget
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50:Librettist
1811:Pleaching
1622:Don Pedro
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1358:Overtures
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644:A Notary
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572:Claudio,
554:Don Pedro
460:Strings:
457:, glasses
442:trombones
421:clarinets
314:in 2011,
306:in 2007,
1726:Much Ado
1627:Dogberry
1617:Beatrice
1543:Category
1499:Mémoires
1461:cantatas
1435:, Op. 25
1427:, Op. 24
1419:, Op. 18
1392:, Op. 22
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1345:, Op. 16
1337:, Op. 15
1329:, Op. 14
1308:, Op. 29
1300:, Op. 27
1292:, Op. 23
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1417:Tristia
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1284:, Op. 3
1099:, 1990.
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671:Place:
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506:soprano
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409:flutes
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176:, and
159:Weimar
61:French
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1690:Opera
1553:Audio
1483:Books
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697:Moors
684:Act 1
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524:mezzo
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330:Music
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