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2067:(1989 film)
2065:War Requiem
1819:(1932–1935)
1730:(1954) and
1709:5 Canticles
1636:War Requiem
1519:Concertante
1453:Sinfonietta
1411:Film/Ballet
1277:Paul Bunyan
1158:30 December
1096:Opera Today
597:Kent Nagano
589:Martyn Hill
401:Peter Pears
388:Janet Baker
366:Mrs Julian
178:Vietnam War
164:twelve-tone
151:television
136:Henry James
78:Henry James
47:Peter Pears
2222:Categories
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1427:Night Mail
1317:Billy Budd
641:References
567:Recordings
353:Mrs Coyle
277:Voice type
92:1971-05-16
55:Librettist
1682:(1922–26)
1484:Mont Juic
1115:, Act II
847:The Times
612:Alan Opie
473:Hyde Park
461:Bayswater
407:Narrator
340:Dramatic
322:Lechmere
245:OsnabrĂĽck
147:in 1954.
104:Aldeburgh
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1724:(1952),
1620:Nocturne
1325:Gloriana
923:Archived
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610:(Kate),
529:Prologue
425:Synopsis
369:Soprano
356:Soprano
296:Baritone
128:libretto
84:Premiere
73:Based on
65:Language
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1660:Phaedra
1186:(ed.),
1121:YouTube
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1101:25 July
999:15 July
551:Scene 2
538:Scene 1
515:Scene 7
506:Scene 6
498:Scene 5
489:Scene 4
480:Scene 3
467:Scene 2
451:Scene 1
443:Prelude
418:Chorus
342:soprano
102:, near
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68:English
2228:Operas
2076:Legacy
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2041:(1941)
2022:(1975)
2002:(1961)
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1966:(1941)
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1827:(1933)
1808:Choral
1800:(1975)
1792:(1969)
1784:(1965)
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1768:(1958)
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1752:(1954)
1744:(1947)
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524:Act 2
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326:Tenor
273:Role
266:Roles
193:Decca
30:Opera
1201:ISBN
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