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1558:Opera house
1513:Chest voice
838:, Argentina
594:Teatro Real
264:Renaissance
201:Middle Ages
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118:Aristoxenus
101:opera house
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18:Opera House
2032:Categories
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1936:Ritornello
1931:Recitative
1921:Portamento
1881:Melodramma
1856:Intermezzo
1851:Impresario
1841:Falsettone
1806:Coloratura
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1528:Head voice
1135:2009-11-18
1043:References
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358:vaudeville
351:capitalist
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1916:Pasticcio
1911:Passaggio
1846:Fioritura
1816:Contralto
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1578:Surtitles
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1543:Melodrama
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1654:Travesti
1629:Overture
1568:Prompter
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286:and the
230:Beauvais
219:biblical
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170:Plutarch
152:Pericles
90:costumes
2001:Vibrato
1996:Verismo
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1501:English
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487:theater
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272:Palermo
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238:Secular
140:Corinth
136:Mummius
107:History
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181:Church
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1493:terms
1490:Opera
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1048:Notes
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734:Paris
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177:muses
148:odeon
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82:stage
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1736:Aria
1670:Fach
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