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53:company in
47:opera house
1415:Categories
1388:10°19′38″E
1385:44°48′11″N
683:References
302:, and the
253:I Lombardi
190:auditorium
162:Napoleon I
106:Semiramide
1359:La Fenice
1256:Carisport
1226:PalaDozza
1221:Covo Club
1096:Villa Ada
604:Juan Pons
593:Leo Nucci
273:Donizetti
259:Jérusalem
81:La Fenice
57:, Italy.
1332:Cocoricò
1328:Riccione
1117:La Scala
867:Archived
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575:(1960s)
343:Falstaff
160:who, as
77:La Scala
1346:Treviso
1301:Mezzago
1214:Bologna
1188:Palermo
941:Sources
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387:Macbeth
312:Requiem
284:Requiem
265:Macbeth
248:Nabucco
243:Nabucco
150:Zelmira
145:Rossini
66:Busseto
1364:Verona
1355:Venice
1337:Rimini
1292:Mantua
1252:Cesena
1141:Naples
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1319:Rieti
1310:Parma
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1274:Genoa
1157:Turin
1105:Milan
688:Notes
672:Opera
379:Zaira
205:foyer
94:Zaira
55:Parma
51:opera
1283:Fano
1064:Rome
995:ISBN
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