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on 23 January 1771. It was the second of the composer's three operas produced in
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Motezuma's aria "Cara che torna in pace" is available in an anthology recorded by the Czech soprano Zdena
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is included in a collection of symphonies and overtures by the composer recorded by the L'Orfeo
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in 1931). It was likely the exotic setting and the availability of a score of the opera in
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