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Britten: Peter Grimes
Ivor Bolton; Deborah Warner; Teatro Real; Michael Levine; Allan Clayton; Maria Bengtsson; Christopher Purves
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Strauss R.: Capriccio
Ulf Schirmer; Jan Schmidt-Garre; Oper Leipzig; Nikolaus Webern; Yan Tax; Maria Bengtsson; Renée Fleming
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