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Magdalena Kozena as Idamante in a dress rehearsal for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Idomeneo; the production was part of the 2006 Salzburg (Austria) Festival.

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Magdalena Kozena as Idamante in a dress rehearsal for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Idomeneo; the production was part of the 2006 Salzburg (Austria) Festival.

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Glastonbury Festival rock festival 8 Music Festivals Not to Miss Newport Folk Festival BBC Proms Lollapalooza Coachella Monterey Jazz Festival Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Pitchfork Music Festival concert musical societies and institutions opera Notre-Dame school Western music Japanese music Native American music harmony choral music theatre music

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Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

British composer

Wagner, Cosima and Richard

Cosima Wagner

German art director

Elizabeth Penn Sprague Coolidge

American philanthropist

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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