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Camille Delaforge; Ensemble Il Caravaggio; Chœur de chambre Mélisme(s); Lila Dufy; Catherine Trottmann
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Verdi: La traviata
Michele Mariotti; Simon Stone; Opéra national de Paris; Robert Cousins; Alice Babidge; James Farncombe; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris