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This collection traces the movement from its defining masterpieces to lesser-known works by composers who expanded its expressive language, performed by many of the twentieth century's greatest interpreters.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cavalleria-rusticana-galvany-domingo","title":"Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Galvany, Domingo, Ciminelli; Guadagno.  1973","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDescription:\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 60s and 70s were a time of great abundance in American Opera. New York City Opera was fostering talent that then went out and pollinated opera houses in cities big and small throughout the country. It was through this phenomenon that we find Marisa Galvany and Placido Domingo offering performances worthy of the world's greatest opera houses in Hartford. 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