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Opera:
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Nabucco
(Nabucodonosor)
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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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Temistocle Solera
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Description:
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Opera in IV Acts
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Notes:
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Time
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586 B.C.
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Place:
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Jerusalem, Babylon
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Premiere Date:
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March 9, 1842
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Premiere Location:
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Milan.
La Scala
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Nabucco
(Nebuchadnezzar)King of Babylon
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Baritone
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L
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Abigaille
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Soprano
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L
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Zaccaria
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Bass
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L
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Ismaele
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Tenor
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F
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Fenena
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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High
Priest of Babylon
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Bass
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S
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Anna
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Soprano
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S
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Abdallo
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Tenor
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S
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Minimum Chorus:
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40
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Babylonian Soldiers, Hebrew Soldiers,
Levites, Hebrew Virgins, Babylonian Virgins, Babylonian Ladies,
Magi, Babylonian Rulers, Slaves, People
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Divisi:
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SSSTTBB.
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Opera: |
NAUGHTY
MARIETTA |
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Orig.
Language: |
English |
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Composer |
Victor
Herbert |
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Librettist |
Rida
Johnson Young (Original Book and Lyrics) |
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Description: |
Operetta
in II Acts |
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Notes: |
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Time |
Towards
the end of the eighteenth century |
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Place: |
Act
I The
Place D’Armes-A square in New Orleans
Act
II Scene 1: The
Marionette Theatre
Scene 2: The New
Orleans Club
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Premiere
Date: |
November
7, 1910 |
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Premiere
Location: |
New
York Theater, New York |
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Role
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Voice
Part |
Classification |
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Marietta
(the Contessa d’Altena) |
Soprano |
L |
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Captain
Dick Warrington |
Baritone |
L |
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Etienne
Grandet (alias Bras Pique)
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Bass-Baritone |
F |
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Silas
Slick |
Baritone |
F |
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Adah
(a
Quadroon slave girl) |
Contralto |
F |
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Lieutenant-Governor
Grandet |
Baritone |
F |
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Lizette
(a
Casket Girl) |
Mezzo
Soprano |
F |
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Rudolfo
(An
Italian buffo) |
Baritone |
S |
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Sir Harry
Blake (Irish Adventurer) |
Speaking |
S |
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Florenz
(Secretary
to the Lt. Governor) |
Speaking |
S |
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Three
Girls of New Orleans |
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Fanchon |
Soprano |
B |
Nanette |
Soprano |
B |
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Felice |
Soprano |
B |
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Nightwatchman |
Tenor |
CB |
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First Flower
Girl |
Soprano |
CB |
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Second Flower-Girl |
Soprano |
CB |
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Man
Flower-Seller |
Tenor |
CB |
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Sugar-Cane
Seller |
Tenor |
CB |
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Parakeet-Seller |
Tenor |
CB |
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Fruit-Seller |
Baritone |
CB |
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Italian
Parrot-Seller |
Tenor |
CB |
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First
Man/Act I |
Baritone |
CB |
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Second
Man/Act I |
Baritone |
CB |
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Third
Man/Act I |
Tenor |
CB |
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First
Dice Player |
Tenor |
CB |
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Second
Dice Player |
Baritone |
CB |
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First
Card Player |
Baritone |
CB |
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Second
Card Player |
Tenor |
CB |
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First
Man/Act II |
Tenor |
CB |
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Second
Man/Act II |
Baritone |
CB |
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Third
Man/Act II |
Tenor |
CB |
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Fourth
Man/Act II |
Baritone |
CB |
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A Man |
Speaking |
CB |
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Three or
Four Italian Men |
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CB |
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Minimum
Chorus:
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40
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Divisi:
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SATB
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Street-Sellers,
Street-Sweepers, Flower-Girls, Convent-Girls,
Etienne’s
Men, Dick’s Men, Quadroon Belles,
Italians, Children, Casquette
Maids, Beggars, etc.
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Opera:
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Navarraise,
La
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Orig. Language:
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French
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Composer
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Massenet
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Librettist
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Jules Claretie and Henri Cain
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Description:
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Lyric episode in II Acts
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Notes:
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Time
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Place:
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A village near Bilbao
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Premiere Date:
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June 20, 1894
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Premiere Location:
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London.
Covent Garden
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Anita, a girl of Navarre
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Mezzo-Soprano
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L
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Araquil, Sergeant in Biscayan regiment
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Tenor
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L
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Garrido, General of the troops
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Baritone
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L
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Remigio, Araquil’s Father
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Bass
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F
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Bustamente, Sergeant in the regiment
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Baritone
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S
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Ramon, Captain in the regiment
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Tenor
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S
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A Soldier
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Bass
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B
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Minimum Chorus:
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24
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Soldiers, Villagers
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Divisi:
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Chorus subdivisions
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Opera:
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Nixon
in China
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Orig. Language:
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English
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Composer
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Adams
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Librettist
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Alice Goodman
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts
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Notes:
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Time
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Feb. 21, 1972
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Place:
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In and around Peking, China
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Premiere Date:
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October 22, 1987
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Premiere Location:
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Houston.
Houston Grand Opera
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Richard
Nixon
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Baritone
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L
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Pat
Nixon
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Soprano
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L
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Mao
Tse-Tung
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Tenor
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L
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Chou
En-Lai
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Baritone
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L
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Chiang
Ch’ing (Madame Mao)
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Soprano
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L
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Henry
Kissinger
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Baritone
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L
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Mao’s
1st Secretary (Nancy Tang)
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S
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Mao’s
2nd Secretary
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S
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Mao’s
3rd Secretary
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S
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Wu
Ching-Hua (Female solo dancer)
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