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Theater, Shakespeare, Opera, Classical, Dance Flashcards

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American midcentury Broadway actor couple

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Lunt and Fontanne

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Composer of Norma

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Bellini

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Actress & mistress of Charles II

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Nell Gwyn

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Composer of Tosca

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Puccini

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Composer of Macbeth

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Verdi

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19th c Italian violin virtuoso

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Paganini

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Composer of La traviata

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Verdi

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Composer of Ivanhoe

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Arthur Sullivan

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Composer of Turn of the Screw

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Benjamin Britten

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10
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12th century German female composer

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Hildegard von Binge

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Composer of Peter and the Wolf

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Prokofiev

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12
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Equus playwright

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Peter Shaffer

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Composer of Rigoletto

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Verdi

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14
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“Bluebeard’s Castle” only opera by

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Bela Bartok

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15
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Choreographed Appalachian Spring

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Martha Graham

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16
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Composer of The Planets

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Holst

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17
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Four parts of The Ring cycle

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Das Rheingold, Die Walkure (Valkyrie), Siegfried, Gotterdammerung (twilight of the gods)

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18
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Broadway revue of Fats Waller music

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Ain’t Misbehavin

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19
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90s-00s Italian coloratura

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Cecilia Bartoli

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20
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Meaning of La Traviata

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The Fallen Woman

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21
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Popular flautist

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James Galway

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22
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Oklahoman ballerina

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Maria Tallchief

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23
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Composer of Hansel and Gretel

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Englebert Humperdinck

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Composer of Madama Butterfly

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Puccini

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25
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Nureyev’s partner at Royal Ballet

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Margot Fonteyn

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26
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Composer of Cosi fan Tutte

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Mozart

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27
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Composer of Bolero

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Ravel

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28
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Native American ballerina sisters

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Maria and Marjorie Tallchief

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29
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Led Boston Pops for 50 years

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Arthur Fiedler

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30
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Composer of Billy Budd

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Benjamin Britten

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31
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Composer of Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun

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Debussy

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32
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Mark Twain in one man show

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Hal Holbrook

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33
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American who won Russian piano competition

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Van Cliburn

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34
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Composer of Boris Godunov

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Mussorgsky

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35
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Composer of Don Carlo

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Verdi

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36
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Oratorio composer

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Handel

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37
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Black classical pianist

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Andre Watts

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38
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Kenneth Lonergan plays

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This Is Our Youth, Lobby Hero

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39
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Greek, 1st actor known by name

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Thespis

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40
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Popular flautist

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James Galway

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41
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Defected from Bolshoi Ballet

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Mikhail Baryshnikov

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42
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Defected from Kirov Ballet

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Rudolf Nureyev

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43
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Composer of Lucia di Lammermoor

44
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Romani-French jazz guitarist

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Django Reinhardt

45
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Composer of Pictures at an Exhibition

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Mussorgsky

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Composer of Fidelio

47
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Composer of Night on Bald Mountain

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Mussorgsky

48
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Early 20th c. Russian ballet dancer

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Vaslav Nijinsky

49
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My Fair Lady on Broadway

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Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews

50
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1 Renaissance Venetian School painter

51
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Originated roles of Hamlet and Macbeth

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Richard Burbage

52
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Early 20th c Italian tenor

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Enrico Caruso

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Andean coloratura

54
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Composer of Salome

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Richard Strauss

55
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Composer of Le nozze di Figaro

56
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Swedish Nightingale

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Jenny Lind

57
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Composer of Dido and Aeneas

58
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Played “Hello Dolly” on Broadway

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Carol Channing

59
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Composer of Il trovatore

60
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English comic opera singer, parody summaries of Wagner and G&S

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Anna Russell

61
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Japanese conductor

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Seiji Ozawa

62
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Composer of Der Rosenkavalier

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Richard Strauss

63
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Composer of Tristan und Isolde

64
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First Af-am soprano to receive international acclaim

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Leontyne Price

65
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Composer of Aida

66
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Af-fam soprano particularly known for Aida

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Leontyne Price

67
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Phantom of the Opera on Broadway

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Michael Crawford

68
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Composer of Rape of Lucretia

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Benjamin Britten

69
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Great Catalan cellist

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Pablo Casals

70
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“La clemenza di Tito” opera by

71
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Composer of La Boheme

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Composer of Carmen

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Composer of La Cenerentola

74
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NY Phil conductor after Bernstein

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Zubin Mehta

75
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Composer of Die Fledermaus

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Johann Strauss

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Composer of Die Meistersinger

77
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This Is Our Youth playwright

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Kenneth Lonergan

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Composer of William Tell

79
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Composer whose work includes elements of Hungarian folk music and eerie dissonances “Night music”

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Bela Bartok

80
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Composer of Barber of Seville

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Composer of Falstaff

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Choreographer of Afternoon of a Faun

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America’s first major prima ballerina, in The Firebird

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Maria Tallchief

84
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Composer of L’elisir d’amore

85
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Choreographed Oklahoma

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Agnes de Mille

86
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Choreographer of The Firebird

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George Balanchine

87
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Pablo Casals plays the

88
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Composer of Enigma Variations

89
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Composer of Grand Polonaise

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Composer of Amahl and the Night Visitors

91
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Composer of Thus Spake Zarathustra

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Richard Strauss

92
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Early modern dancer

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Isadora Duncan

93
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Composer of Elektra

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Richard Strauss

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Composer of Don Giovanni

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Composer of Turandot

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Hungarian composer, one of the founders of comparative/ethnomusicology

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Bela Bartok

97
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Opera about Nubia

98
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Met Opera music director

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Arthur Levine

99
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Composer of Einstein on the Beach

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Philip Glass

100
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Composer of Sabre Dance

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Khatchaturian

101
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Australian bel canto soprano

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Joan Sutherland

102
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Composer of Gloriana

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Benjamin Britten

103
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Composer of Orpheus in the Underworld

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Tevye on Broadway and movie

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Zero Mostel/Topol

105
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My Fair Lady on Broadway

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Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews

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