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Voice Part
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Classification
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Babar
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L
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Celeste
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L
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Old Lady
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L
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Bad Boy
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S
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Good Girl
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S
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Camel
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S
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Julio
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S
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Marie
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B
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1st Hunter
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B
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2nd Hunter
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B
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Tightrope Walker (solo dancer)
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Bareback Rider (solo dancer)
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Clown (solo dancer)
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Children’s Chorus
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Opera:
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Ballad
of Baby Doe, The
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Orig. Language:
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English
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Composer
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Moore
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Librettist
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John Latouche
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Description:
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Opera in II Acts
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Story based on true incident in
Leadville, Colorado 1880s-1930s
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Time
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1880-1899
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Place:
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Leadville & Denver, Colorado
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Premiere Date:
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July 1956
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Premiere Location:
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Central City, Colorado.
Central City Opera House
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Horace Tabor, mayor of Leadville
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Baritone
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L
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Augusta, his wife
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Mezzo Soprano
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L
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Mrs. Elizabeth (Baby) Doe, a
miner’s wife
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Lyric Soprano
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L
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Mama McCourt, Baby Doe’s mother
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Contralto
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F
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William Jennings Bryan, candidate for
President
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Bass-Baritone
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F
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*Chester A. Arthur, President of USA
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Tenor
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B
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*Father Chapelle, priest at the
wedding
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Tenor
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B
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*Old Silver Miner
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Tenor
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B
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*Clerk at the Clarendon Hotel
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Tenor
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B
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*Mayor of Leadville
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Tenor
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CB
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*Stage Doorman at Tabor Grand
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Tenor
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B
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**Bouncer
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Baritone
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B
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**Albert, a bellboy
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Baritone
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B
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**A Footman
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Baritone
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CB
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**A Denver Politician
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Baritone
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B
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Sarah, Mary, Emily, Effie, (old
friends of Augusta)
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2 Sopranos
2 Mezzos
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S
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Sam, Bushy, Barney, Jacob (cronies of
Tabor)
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2 Tenors
2 Baritones
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S
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Four Washington Dandies
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2 Tenors, 2 Baritones
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B
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Kate, dance hall entertainer
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Soprano
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B
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Elizabeth, age 12
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Soprano
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B
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Silver Dollar, age 7
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Treble
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CB
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**Meg, dance hall entertainer
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Mezzo Soprano
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B
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**Silver Dollar (grown up)
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Mezzo Soprano
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B
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**Samantha, a maid
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Mezzo Soprano
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B
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***Saloon Girls (Act I, sc.1 &
Act II, sc. V)
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Sopranos & Mezzos
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CB
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Baby
Doe’s Family (Mr. McCourt, his son, daughter &
spouses)
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CB
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2 Newsboys (off-stage) Act II, sc. 4
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Tenors
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CB
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Minimum Chorus:
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24
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Includes all CB roles
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Notes #2:
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*According to instructions given in
the score, these parts may be covered with two singers.
Classification recommended would then be S
for each Artist.
**According to instructions given in
the score, these parts may be covered with one singer.
Recommended classification would then be S
for the Artist.
***If a select group.
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Opera:
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Ballo
Delle Ingrate, Il
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer
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Monteverdi
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Librettist
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Ottavio Rinuccini
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Description:
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Opera-Ballet
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Time
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Place:
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Premiere Date:
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June 4, 1608
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Premiere Location:
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Mantua
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Pluto
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Bass
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L
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Venus
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Mezzo or Contralto
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L
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Cupid (Amor)
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Soprano
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L
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An Ingrate
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Soprano
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S
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Opera:
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Ballo
in Maschera, Un
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer
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Verdi
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Librettist
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A. Somma
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts.
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Notes:
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Based on Scribe’s play for
Auber’s opera Gustave III, ou Le Bal Masque
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Time
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1792
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Place:
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Stockholm, Sweden.
Other versions historically placed in Boston,
America- late 17th century
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Premiere Date:
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February 17, 1859
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Premiere Location:
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Rome.
Apollo Theatre
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Gustav III, King of Sweden (Riccardo)
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Tenor
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L
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Ct. Johan Ankerstrom, his aide (Renato)
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Baritone
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L
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Amelia, his wife
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Soprano
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L
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Oscar, page
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Soprano
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L
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Ulrica, a fortune teller
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Contralto
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F
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Ct. Ribbing (Tom) enemy of the King
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Bass
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F
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Ct. Horn (Samuel) enemy of the King
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Bass
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F
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Christian, a sailor (Silvano)
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Bass
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S
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The Chief Magistrate (Judge)
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Tenor
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B
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A Servant of Amelia
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Tenor
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B
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