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Opera:
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GABRIEL'S
DAUGHTER |
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Orig.
Language:
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English |
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Composer
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Henry
Mollicone |
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Librettist
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William
Luce |
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Description:
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Opera in II
Acts |
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Notes:
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Work
Commissioned by Central City Opera |
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Time
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1857-1882 |
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Place:
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Russelville,
Kentucky, Leavenworth, Kansas,
Denver &
Central City, Colorado |
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Premiere
Date:
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July 12,
2003 |
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Premiere
Location:
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Central City
Opera, Central City, Colorado |
| Role |
Voice
Part |
Classification |
Clara
Brown |
Mezzo-Soprano
or Soprano |
L |
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Colonel John
Chivington |
Tenor |
F |
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Barney
Ford |
Baritone |
F |
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Governor John
Evans |
Bass |
F |
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Colonel
Wadsworth |
Bass |
F |
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Elisa Jane,
Becky Johnson, Eliza Brooks |
Soprano |
F |
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Elisa Jane (alone) |
Soprano |
S |
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Elisa Jane and Becky Johnson |
Soprano |
S |
| Mrs. Jane
Gordon |
Contralto |
S |
| Evaline |
Mezzo-Soprano
or Contralto |
S |
| Lucinda |
Soprano |
S |
| Auctioneer/
Tommy |
Tenor |
S |
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Auctioneer (alone) |
Tenor |
S |
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Tommy (alone) |
Tenor |
B |
| Becky
Johnson (alone) |
Soprano |
B |
| Eliza
Brooks (alone) |
Soprano |
B |
| Jennie |
Soprano |
B |
| Physician |
Bass |
B |
| Quilter
I/Wife I |
Soprano |
B |
| Quilter
II/Wife II |
Soprano |
B |
| Quilter
III/WifeIII |
Mezzo-Soprano |
B |
| Miner I |
Tenor |
B |
| Miner II |
Baritone |
B |
| Miner
III |
Tenor |
B |
| Miner IV |
Bass |
B |
| Bidder I |
Tenor |
CB |
| Bidder
II |
Tenor |
CB |
| Bidder
III |
Bass |
CB |
| Bidder
IV |
Speaking |
CB |
| Solo
(Mayor of Central City) |
Baritone |
CB |
| Solo
(Ulysses S. Grant) |
Bass |
CB |
| Solo |
Soprano |
CB |
| Solo |
Baritone |
CB |
| Solo |
Tenor |
CB |
| Solo -
Man #1 |
Speaking |
CB |
| Solo -
Man #2 |
Speaking |
CB |
| Solo -
Man #3 |
Speaking |
CB |
| Solo
Woman |
Speaking |
CB |
| Solo |
Mezzo-Soprano |
CB |
| Solo |
Bass |
CB |
| Drunken
MIner |
Tenor |
CB |
| Old
Prospector |
Baritone |
CB |
| Richard
(Young Clara's Husband) |
Mute |
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| Fur
Trader John Smith |
Mute |
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| Shady
Lady I (Chastity) |
Mute |
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| Shady
Lady II (Cora) |
Mute |
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| Chinese
Man |
Mute |
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| First
Lady (Mrs. Grant) |
Mute |
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| Pauline
Ann (child) |
Speaking |
B |
| Eliza
Jane (child) |
Speaking |
B |
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Minimum
Chorus:
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28
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Townspeople,
Vendors, Farmers, Wives, Slave-Buyers, Emigrants, Gents, Decent Ladies,
Shady Ladies, Gold Prospectors, etc. |
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Opera:
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Gambler,
The (Igrok)
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Orig. Language:
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Russian
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Composer
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Prokofiev
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Librettist
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Prokofiev
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Description:
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Opera in IV Acts (six scenes)
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Notes:
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Text after Dostoievsky’s novel, “Igrok”
(The Gambler)
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Time
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1865
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Place:
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The Imaginary Town of Roulettenbourg
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Premiere Date:
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April 29, 1929 - In a French Translation by
Paul Spaak.
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Premiere Location:
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Brussels
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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The
General, a retired army officer
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Bass
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L
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Pauline,
his step-daughter
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Soprano
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L
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Alexey,
tutor to the General’s children
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Tenor
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L
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Babulenka,
Grand-Mother & General’s rich aunt
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Contralto
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F
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The
Marquis
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Tenor
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F
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Mr.
Astley, a rich Englishman
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Baritone
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S
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Blanche,
a demi-mondaine
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Contralto
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S
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Prince
Nilsky
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Falsetto-Tenor
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B
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Baron
Wurmerhelm
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Bass
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B
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Baritone
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B
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In the Gambling
Scene
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The
Director
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Bass
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CB
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The
First Croupier
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Tenor
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CB
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The
2nd Croupier
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Tenor
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CB
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The
Fat Englishman
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Bass
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CB
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The
Tall Englishman
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Bass
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CB
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The
Florid Lady
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Soprano
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CB
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The
Pale Lady
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Soprano
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CB
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The
Lady Comme-Ci, Comme-Ca
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Mezzo-Soprano
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CB
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The
Respectable Old Lady
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Mezzo-Soprano
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CB
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A
Suspicious Old Lady
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Contralto
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CB
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A
Heated Gambler
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Tenor
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CB
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A
Gambler in Ill-Health
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Tenor
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CB
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A
Hunchbacked Gambler
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Tenor
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CB
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An
Unlucky Gambler
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Baritone
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CB
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An
Old Gambler
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Bass
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CB
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Six
Gamblers
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2 Tenors, 2 Baritones, 2 Basses
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CB
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The
Baroness Wurmerhelm
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Mute
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Babulenka’s
3 Servants
(Feodo, Theodore, Marthe)
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Mutes
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Minimum Chorus:
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40
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Inclusive of all CB parts.
Gamblers, People staying in the hotel,
servants, porters.
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Notes:
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Premiere
Date:
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Premiere
Location:
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Role
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Voice
Part
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Classification
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Rafael
Ruiz
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Tenor
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Soleá
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Soprano
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Juanillo
(El Gatto Montez)
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Baritone
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Gitana
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Mezzo
Soprano
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Padre
Antón
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Bass
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Frasquita
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Mezzo
Soprano
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Loliya
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Soprano
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Hormigon
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Baritone
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Caireles
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Baritone
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Pezuńo
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Bass
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Pasatorcillo
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Trebble
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Vendedor
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Tenor
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Alquacilillo
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Opera:
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Gazza
Ladra, La
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(The
Thieving Magpie)
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer
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Rossini
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Librettist
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Giovanni Cherardini
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Description:
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Opera in II Acts
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Notes:
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Text after D’Aubigny and Caigniez’ French
melodrama “La Pie Voleuse”.
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Time
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End of the 18th Century
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Place:
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A large village, a distance from Paris
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Premiere Date:
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May 31, 1817
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Premiere Location:
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