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The soprano Angela Gheorghiu joins the Philharmonia Orchestra under Ion Marin, with Marius Manea (tenor). Leonard Bernstein's 'Candide Overture'; Verdi's 'Parigi, o cara' ('La traviata'); Massenet's 'Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux' ('Le Cid'); Gounod's 'Salut! Demeure chaste et pure', ('Faust'); Bizet's Intermezzo from 'L'arlesienne Suite No 2'; 'Farandole' from 'L'arlesienne Suite No 2'; Gounod's 'Va! Je t'ai pardonne' ('Roméo et Juliette'); Donizetti's 'Caro elisir' ('L'elisir d'amore'); Mascagni's Intermezzo from 'Cavalleria rusticana'; 'Cherry duet', ('L'amico Fritz'); Francesco Cilea's 'Lamento di Federico', ('L'Arlesiana'); Verdi's 'Quando le sere al placido', ('Luisa Miller'); Overture and 'Pace, pace mio Dio!', ('La Forza del Destino'); and Puccini's 'O soave fanciulla', ('La bohème').
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