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The opera has been criticised for the relatively low level of
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was not a success. It was taken off after its first two performances for political reasons (the climactic execution of
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kills him. Despite the pleas of
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Waldon, Victor; Modell, D. A. (January 1919). "Reminiscences of Anton
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