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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd'> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xml:lang='en-GB' lang='en-GB'> <head> <meta content='text/html; charset=utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type' /> <title>Opera (Opera) - lyrics - Diggiloo Thrush</title> <base target='_top' /> <link rel='shortcut icon' href='favicon.ico' /> <meta http-equiv='Content-Style-Type' content='text/css' /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/styles.css' /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/lyric.css' /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/scripts.css.php?011' /> <script type='text/javascript' src='js/artists.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='js/scripts.js.php?tranLink'></script> <link rel='start' href='http://diggiloo.net/' title='Front page' /> <link rel='contents' href='http://diggiloo.net/' title='Front page' /> <link rel='previous' href='/?1983it' /> <link rel='next' href='/?1983es' /> <link rev='made' href='mailto:webmaster@diggiloo.net' /> </head> <body scroll='yes'> <div id='container'> <div class='noscreen'>http://diggiloo.net/</div> <div id='banner' style='width: 100%;'> <h1 style='padding:0;margin:0;'><a title="Home" href='http://diggiloo.net/'><img src='/gfx/logo.jpg' width='553px' height='101px' style='vertical-align: bottom;' alt='The Diggiloo Thrush - 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opera by Verdi</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen" title="Look for Carmen on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Carmen</a></span> - opera by <a title='' target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizet'>Georges Bizet</a></li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida" title="Look for Aida on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Aida</a></span> - opera by Verdi</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosca" title="Look for Tosca on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Tosca</a></span> - opera by Puccini</li> <li><span class='noteheading'>Figaro</span> - central character in two operas: <a title='' target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barber_of_Seville'>The Barber of Seville / Il Barbiere di Siviglia</a> by Rossini and <a title='' target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Figaro'>The Marriage of Figaro / Le Nozze di Figaro</a> by Mozart</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelio" title="Look for Fidelio on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Fidelio</a></span> - opera by <a title='' target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven'>Ludwig van Beethoven</a></li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner" title="Look for Richard Wagner on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Richard Wagner</a></span> (1813–83) - German composer</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puccini" title="Look for Giacomo Puccini on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Giacomo Puccini</a></span> (1858–1924) - Italian composer</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Look for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a></span> (1756–91) - Austrian composer</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossini" title="Look for Gioacchino Antonio Rossini on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Gioacchino Antonio Rossini</a></span> (1792–1868) - Italian composer</li> <li><span class='noteheading'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi" title="Look for Giuseppe Verdi on wikipedia.org" target='_blank'>Giuseppe Verdi</a></span> (1813–1901) - 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