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183:Glyndebourne
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1510:(1989 film)
1508:War Requiem
1262:(1932–1935)
1173:(1954) and
1152:5 Canticles
1079:War Requiem
962:Concertante
896:Sinfonietta
854:Film/Ballet
720:Paul Bunyan
651:Study Guide
391:Anna Pollak
277:Peter Pears
254:Voice type
213:as Bianca,
166: [
1665:Categories
889:Orchestral
870:Night Mail
760:Billy Budd
462:References
338:Tarquinius
299:Collatinus
292:Joan Cross
238:Fiona Shaw
221:as Lucia.
158:André Obey
152:based his
146:title role
111:1946-07-12
97:André Obey
70:Librettist
1125:(1922–26)
927:Mont Juic
467:Citations
368:contralto
1652:Category
1167:(1952),
1063:Nocturne
768:Gloriana
504:Archived
420:Prologue
415:Synopsis
403:soprano
379:Bianca,
359:Lucretia
347:baritone
326:baritone
319:Junius,
191:Broadway
160:'s play
103:Premiere
88:Based on
80:Language
21:Lucretia
1147:(1945)+
1103:Phaedra
399:a maid
397:Lucia,
287:soprano
193:at the
154:English
109: (
83:English
1686:Operas
1519:Legacy
1492:(1953)
1484:(1941)
1465:(1975)
1445:(1961)
1415:(1945)
1409:(1941)
1397:(1931)
1380:(1961)
1372:(1974)
1364:(1968)
1356:(1966)
1348:(1962)
1340:(1959)
1334:(1955)
1326:(1950)
1318:(1943)
1310:(1944)
1302:(1942)
1294:(1942)
1286:(1938)
1278:(1934)
1270:(1933)
1251:Choral
1243:(1975)
1235:(1969)
1227:(1965)
1219:(1965)
1211:(1958)
1203:(1957)
1195:(1954)
1187:(1947)
1179:(1971)
1141:(1945)
1133:(1940)
1106:(1975)
1098:(1969)
1090:(1963)
1082:(1961)
1074:(1959)
1066:(1958)
1058:(1949)
1050:(1948)
1042:(1943)
1034:(1939)
1026:(1937)
1018:(1936)
999:(1963)
985:(1939)
954:(1946)
946:(1941)
938:(1940)
930:(1937)
922:(1937)
914:(1937)
906:(1934)
898:(1932)
881:(1956)
873:(1936)
865:(1931)
846:(1968)
838:(1966)
830:(1964)
811:(1973)
803:(1971)
795:(1960)
787:(1958)
779:(1954)
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763:(1951)
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731:(1945)
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433:Act 1
272:tenor
251:Role
244:Roles
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