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Verdi – Messa da Requiem
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Luciano Pavarotti
Self - Tenor
Fiorenza Cossotto
Self - Mezzo-soprano
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Self - Bass
Herbert von Karajan
Self - Conductor
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Herbert von Karajan conducts La Scala Orchestra and Chorus with soloists Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luciano Pavarotti, and Nicolai Ghiaurov.
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1967-11-26
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