July 13, 2025

Keats Dieffenbach, viola

July 13, 2025/ Teatro Nuovo

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60 - La Perla de Barcelona
Josefina Huguet

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59 - Missing in Action
Grete Stückgold

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58 - Even Bravest Heart May Swell
Reinald Werrenrath

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57 - Mr. Goddard, et al.
Emilio de Gogorza

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56 - Black Lives
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55 - Pseudo-Baroque
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54 - Rossini mezzo
Eugenia Mantelli

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53 - The Good Mr. Widdop
Walter Widdop

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52 - Il vascello fantasma
Alberto Caffo, Emilia Corsi

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51 - Like a Rock
Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi

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50 - Relaunch and Updates
Edward Lloyd

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49 - Dúo
Alfonso Ortiz Tirado and Pedro Vargas

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48 - Truth Meets Fiction
Sigrid Onegin

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47 - The Composer’s Voice
Samuel Barber and Reynaldo Hahn

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46 - Brillante
Antonio Pini-Corsi

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45 - A Bass for the B-Team
Guido Cacialli

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44 - Yankee Diva
Lillian Nordica

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43 -La Bori
Lucrezia Bori

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42 - Staying Power
John Forsell

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41 - Strong Light
Tito Schipa

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40 - Trivia
Sutherland and Fischer-Dieskau

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39 - Strings, Attached
Various string quartets

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38 - Contralto
Louise Homer and other contraltos

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37 - Special info
The Klingler String Quartet

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36 - Strength and Adversity
Albert Vaguet

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35 - A Tenor for Christmas
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34 - They Could Do That
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33 - What Does She See In Him?
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32 - Make the movie already!
Medea Mei-Figner

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31 - The Oldest Voice
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