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Sacrilege
:Description:Behind the walls of a convent sex, sin and corruption are the order of the day. A secret affair between a nun and a nobleman escalates out of control and results in murder.
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Donizetti - La Fille du Régiment
: :Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment aims to please and it succeeds, with its catchy tunes, wildly difficult showpieces for the principles, and a simple, if also simplistic, narrative line. This 2005 live performance at Genoa's Teatro Carlo Felice features virtuoso singing by tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Tonio and soprano Patrizia Ciofi, as Marie, the 'daughter' of the soldiers who have adopted her. Tonio's big Act I scene and aria, 'Ah! mes amis,' was a famous showpiece for Pavarotti and Flórez is in that league, nailing the aria's nine high Cs ...
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