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Elaine Kelly; Tom Creed; Opéra de Lille; Aedin Cosgrove; Catherine Fay; Irish National Opera Orchestra
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Wagner: Parsifal
Jakub Hrůša; Evgeny Titov; The Royal Opera; Étienne Pluss; Esther Bialas; DM Wood; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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