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Scenes from some of the great Rossini works as presented
on his birthday (Feb.29, born in 1792). Operas include:
Barbiere di Siviglia, Cenerentola, Viaggio a Rheims,
William Tell, L\'Italiana in Algeri, Semiramide
L\'Assedio di Corinto, and Armida. Featured artists are:
Marilyn Horne, Conchita Supervia, Vesselina Kasarova,
Ewa Podles, Montserrat Caballe, Beverly Sills,
Nicolai Gedda, Marcello Giordani, Fernando di Lucia,
Norman Mittleman, Juan Diego Florez, Maria Callas,
\\xa0and Ruggero Raimondi.
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