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HamburgDon Pasquale
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Matteo Beltrami; David Bösch; Hamburg State Opera; Patrick Bannwart; Falko Herold; Michael Bauer; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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