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The Beggar's Opera: "Virgins Are Like the Fair Flow'r in Its Lustre"

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Richard Bonynge & National Philharmonic Orchestra

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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Sopran

Richard Bonynge

Richard Bonynge

Dirigent:in

National Philharmonic Orchestra

National Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphonieorchester

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

John Gay

Komponist:in

Richard Bonynge

Richard Bonynge

Adaptierer:in

Douglas Gamley

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