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Verdi: Nabucco
Fabrizio Maria Carminati; Paul-Emile Fourny; Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana; Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini"; Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar; Anastasia Bartoli
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