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SydneyThe Merry Widow
Lehár: Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)
Vanessa Scammell; Graeme Murphy; Opera Australia; Michael Scott-Mitchell; Jennifer Irwin; Damien Cooper; Opera Australia Orchestra
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