Monday, March 31, 2014

Royal Opera House 2014-15 season

The Royal Opera House has announced its 2014-15 season with many of the great stars attached to sing at the theater. Jonas Kaufmann, Annetrebko, Placido Domingo, Nina Stemme, Vittorio Girgolo, Bryn Terfel, Anne Sophe Von Otter, Kristine Opolais, Mariusz Kwiecien. Dimitri Hvorostovsky, and Rolando Villazon. 
Compete List of Operas
Autumn Season
Anna Nicole
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Dir: Richard Jones
Cond: Antonio Pappano
A tale of sex, celebrity and scandal: Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera explores the dramatic life and death of Anna Nicole Smith.
Cast:
  • Anna Nicole – Eva-Maria Westbroek
  • Virgie – Susan Bickley
  • The Lawyer Stern – Rodney Gilfry
  • Old Man Marshall – Alan Oke
  • Blossom – Allison Cook
  • Doctor – Andrew Rees
  • Larry King – Peter Hoare
  • Aunt Kay – Rebecca de Pont Davies
  • Billy – Grant Doyle
  • Mayor – Wynne Evans
  • Donald – Jeremy White
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
11 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 24 September at 7.30pm; 13 September at 7pm

Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
Dir: David McVicar
Cond: Maurizio Benini (except 6 Oct) / Paul Griffiths (6 Oct)
Corruption and innocence collide in Verdi’s remarkable opera. David McVicar’s staging emphasizes the depravity at the heart of the court of Mantua.
Cast:
  • Duke of Mantua – Saimir Pirgu (12, 15, 20 mat, 23, 27, 30 Sept; 3, 6 Oct) / Piero Pretti (17, 21 mat Sept)
  • Rigoletto – Simon Keenlyside (12, 15, 20 mat, 23, 27, 30 Sept; 3, 6 Oct) / Dimitri Platanias (17, 21 mat Sept)
  • Gilda – Aleksandra Kurzak (12, 15, 20 mat, 23, 27, 30 Sept; 3, 6 Oct) / Eri Nakamura (17, 21 mat Sept)
  • Sparafucile – Brindley Sherratt (12, 15, 20 mat, 23, 27, 30 Sept; 3, 6 Oct) / Alexander Tsymbalyuk (17, 21 mat Sept)
  • Maddalena – Justina Gringyte (12, 15, 20 mat, 23, 27, 30 Sept; 3, 6 Oct) / Nadezhda Karyazina §
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
12 | 15 | 17† | 23 | 30 September at 7.30pm; 20 September at 12.30pm; 21 September at 2pm; 27 September at 7pm
3** | 6 October at 7.30pm
§ Jette Parker Young Artist
† BP Big Screen Live Relay
**Sign-language interpreted


Il barbiere di Siviglia
Gioachino Rossini
Dir: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier
Cond: Mark Elder
Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s production of Rossini’s sparkling comedy is full of wit and energy.
Cast:
  • Rosina – Serena Malfi
  • Count Almaviva – Michele Angelini
  • Figaro – Lucas Meachem
  • Doctor Bartolo – Alessandro Corbelli
  • Don Basilio – Maurizio Muraro
  • Berta – Janis Kelly
  • Fiorello – Wyn Pencarreg
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
19 | 22 | 25 | 29 September at 7pm
2 October at 7pm; 5 October at 6.30pm

The Trial NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
Philip Glass
Lib: Christopher Hampton
Dir: Michael McCarthy
Cond: Michael Rafferty
Philip Glass, one of the world’s most popular contemporary composers, creates a new work for Music Theatre Wales based on Kafka’s nightmarish novel.
Cast:
  • Soprano – Amanda Forbes
  • Mezzo-soprano – Rowan Hellier
  • Tenors – Paul Curievici, Michael Bennett
  • Baritones – Gwion Thomas, Johnny Herford
  • Bass-baritones – Nicholas Folwell, Michael Druiett
  • Music Theatre Wales Ensemble
10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 October at 7.45pm; 18 October at 6pm

La scala di seta (Linbury Studio Theatre)
Gioachino Rossini
Dir: Greg Eldridge §
Cond: Jonathan Santagada §
The Jette Parker Young Artists present a fully staged performance in the Linbury Studio Theatre, in one of the most popular highlights of Meet the Young Artists Week.
Cast:
  • Guilia – Lauren Fagan §
  • Lucilla – Anush Hovhannisyan §
  • Dorvil – Luis Gomes §
  • Dormont – Samuel Johnson §
  • Germano – Yuriy Yurchuk §
  • Blansac – James Platt §
  • Southbank Sinfonia
23 October at 7pm; 24 October at 1pm and 7pm
§ Jette Parker Young Artist
Giuseppe Verdi
Dir: Thaddeus Strassberger
Cond: Antonio Pappano (14, 17, 20, 23, 27 Oct) / Renato Balsadonna (30 Oct, 2 Nov)
A despairing father is torn between love for his family and duty to a corrupt city in Verdi’s searing early tragedy.
Cast:
  • Francesco Foscari – Plácido Domingo
  • Jacopo Foscari – Francesco Meli
  • Lucrezia Contarini – Maria Agresta
  • Jacopo Loredano – Maurizio Muraro
  • Barbarigo – Samuel Sakker §
  • Pisana – Rachel Kelly §
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 27† | 30 October at 7.30pm
2 November at 3pm
§ Jette Parker Young Artist
† Live cinema relay

Idomeneo NEW
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dir: Martin Kušej
Cond: Marc Minkowski
Love and sacrifice vie in Mozart’s sublime early masterpiece, directed by Martin Kušej in his UK debut.
Cast:
  • Idomeneo – Matthew Polenzani
  • Idamente – Franco Fagioli
  • Ilia – Sophie Bevan
  • Elettra – Malin Byström
  • Arbace – Stanislas de Barbeyrac
  • High Priest of Neptune – Krystian Adam
  • Voice of Neptune – Graeme Broadbent
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 24 November at 6.30pm

Glare NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
Sørens Nils Eichberg
Lib: Hannah Dübgen
Dir: Thaddeus Strassberger
Cond: Geoffrey Paterson
Danish-German composer Søren Nils Eichberg presents his much-anticipated operatic debut, a taut thriller about trust and reality.
Cast: TBC
TBC November

L’elisir d’amore
Gaetano Donizetti
Dir: Laurent Pelly
Cond: Daniele Rustioni
Laurent Pelly’s acclaimed production of Donizetti’s opera radiates tenderness, humour and southern sunshine.
Cast:
  • Adina – Lucy Crowe
  • Nemorino – Vittorio Grigolo
  • Dulcamara – Bryn Terfel
  • Belcore – Levente Molnár
  • Giannetta – Kiandra Howarth §
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
18 | 26† November at 7.30pm; 22 November at 3pm; 29 November at 7pm
4 | 9 December at 7.30pm; 13 December at 7pm
† Live cinema relay
§ Jette Parker Young Artist

Orfeo NEW (Roundhouse, Camden)
Claudio Monteverdi
Dir: Michael Boyd / Trans: Don Paterson
Cond: Christian Curnyn
Cast:
  • Orfeo – Gyula Orendt
  • Euridice / Echo – Susanna Hurrell
  • Music / Nymph – Mary Bevan
  • Persephone – Rachel Kelly §
  • Pluto – Callum Thorpe
  • Charon – James Platt
  • Messenger – Susan Bickley
  • Shepherd 1 – Anthony Gregory
  • Shepherd 2 / Apollo – Amar Muchhala
  • Shepherd 3 / Hope – Christopher Lowrey
  • Orchestra of the Early Opera Company
13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 January
§ Jette Parker Young Artist

Winter Season
Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner
Dir: Christof Loy
Cond: Antonio Pappano
Christof Loy brings intense insight to Wagner’s story of illicit love, told through music of thrilling power.
Cast:
  • Tristan – Stephen Gould
  • King Marke – John Tomlinson
  • Isolde – Nina Stemme
  • Kurwenal – Iain Paterson
  • Brangäne – Sarah Connolly
  • Melot – Neal Cooper
  • Sailor – Ed Lyon
  • Shepherd – Luis Gomes §
  • Steersman – Yuriy Yurchuk §
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
5 | 8 | 11 | 17 December at 5pm; 14 | 21 December at 3pm
§ Jette Parker Young Artist

Un ballo in maschera NEW
Giuseppe Verdi
Dir: Katharina Thoma
Cond: Daniel Oren
Katharina Thoma directs a new production of Verdi’s tragedy of illicit love, loyalty and betrayal.
Cast:
  • Riccardo – Joseph Calleja
  • Amelia – Liudmyla Monastyrska
  • Renato – Dimitri Hvorostovsky
  • Ulrica – Marianne Cornetti
  • Oscar – Rosemary Joshua
  • Sam – Anatoli Sivko
  • Tom – James Platt § (18, 22, 30 Dec; 2, 6 Jan) / Jihoon Kim (13, 17 Jan)
  • Silvano – Samuel Johnson §
  • Minister of Justice – Samuel Sakker §
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
18 | 22 | 30 December at 7.30pm
2 | 6 | 13 January at 7.30pm; 17 January at 7pm
§ Jette Parker Young Artist

Listen to the Silence – A Journey with John Cage NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
John Cage
Dir: Wouter Van Looy / Letizia Renzini
Explore the mind-bending world of philosopher composer John Cage in Zonzo Compagnie’s award-winning interactive family show.
Cast:
  • Actor – Tjyying Liu
  • Piano – Jeroen Malaise
  • Technicians – Pat Caers, Peter Quasters
30 January at 7pm; 31 January at 2pm and 4pm
1 February at 2pm and 4pm
Umberto Giordano
Dir: David McVicar
Cond: Antonio Pappano
David McVicar directs a new production of Umberto Giordano’s passionate drama of liberty and love in the French Revolution.
Cast:
  • Andrea Chénier – Jonas Kaufmann
  • Carlo Gérard – Željko Lučić
  • Maddalena de Coigny – Eva-Maria Westbroek
  • Bersi – Denyce Graves
  • Madelon – Elena Zilio
  • Countessa de Coigny – Rosalind Plowright
  • Roucher – Roland Wood
  • Pietro Fléville – Peter Coleman-Wright
  • Mathieu – Adrian Clarke
  • L’Incredibile – Carlo Bosi
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
20 | 23 | 26 | 29† | 31 January at 7.30pm
3 | 6 February at 7.30pm

Der fliegende Holländer
Richard Wagner
Dir: Tim Albery
Cond: Andris Nelsons
Tim Albery’s acclaimed production is a darkly insightful account of Wagner’s early masterpiece, The Flying Dutchman.
Cast:
  • The Dutchman – Bryn Terfel
  • Senta – Adrianne Pieczonka
  • Daland – Peter Rose
  • Steersman – Ed Lyon
  • Mary – Catherine Wyn-Rogers
  • Erik – Michael König
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
5 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 24† February at 7.30pm

Die Zauberflöte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dir: David McVicar
Cond: Cornelius Meister
Comedy and philosophy unite in Mozart’s glorious The Magic Flute, brought enchantingly to life by David McVicar.
Cast:
  • Tamino – Toby Spence (23, 26 Feb; 2, 6, 9, 11 Mar) / Pavol Breslik (28 Feb; 4, 7 March)
  • Pamina – Janai Brugger (23, 26 Feb; 2, 6, 9, 11 Mar) / Christiane Karg (28 Feb; 4, 7 March)
  • Queen of the Night – Anna Siminska
  • Papageno – Markus Werba
  • Sarastro – Georg Zeppenfeld
  • Monostatos – Colin Judson
  • Papagena – Rhian Lois (23, 26, 28 Feb; 2, 4, 6 Mar) / Lauren Fagan § (7, 9, 11 Mar)
  • The Speaker – Benjamin Bevan (23, 26 Feb; 2, 6, 9, 11 Mar) / Robert Lloyd (28 Feb; 4, 7 March)
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
23 | 26 | 28 February at 7pm
2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 March at 7pm

Spring Season
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny NEW
Kurt Weill
Dir: John Fulljames
Cond: Mark Wigglesworth
John Fulljames presents a new production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s furiously impassioned satire on consumerism.
Cast:
  • Leocadia Begbick – Anne Sofie von Otter
  • Fatty – Peter Hoare
  • Trinity Moses – Willard W White
  • Jenny Smith – Christine Rice
  • Jimmy McIntyre – Kurt Streit
  • Jack O’Brien – Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
  • Bank Account Billy – Darren Jeffrey
  • Alaska Wolf Joe – Neal Davies
  • Toby Higgins – Hubert Francis
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
10 | 12 | 14 | 24 March at 7.30pm; 28 March at 12.30pm
1† | 4 April at 7.30pm
Giacomo Puccini
Dir: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier
Cond: Nicola Luisotti
East meets West with devastating effect in Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s production of Puccini’s poignant opera.
Cast:
  • Cio-Cio-San – Kristine Opolais (20, 23, 28, 31 Mar; 4 mat, 9 April) / Alexia Voulgaridou (6 April)
  • BF Pinkerton – Brian Jagde (20, 23, 28, 31 Mar; 4 mat, 9 April) / Noah Stewart (6 April)
  • Sharpless – Gabriele Viviani
  • Goro – Carlo Bosi
  • Suzuki – Enkelejda Shkosa
  • The Bonze – Jeremy White
  • Prince Yamadori – Yuriy Yurchuk §
  • Imperial Commissione – Samuel Johnson §
  • Kate Pinkerton – Anush Hovhannisyan §
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
20 | 23 | 28 | 31 March at 7.30pm
4 April at 2.30pm; 6 April at 7.30pm; 9 April at 12.30pm
§ Jette Parker Young Artist

Swanhunter (Linbury Studio Theatre)
Jonathan Dove
Alasdair Middleton
Dir: Hannah Mulder / Rachael Canning
In a new co-production, Opera North and The Wrong Crowd present Jonathan Dove’s family opera, with a beguiling blend of evocative music, stunning puppetry and visual storytelling.
4–11 April

Il turco in Italia
Gioachino Rossini
Dir: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier
Cond: Evelino Pidò
Rossini’s irresistible comedy glows with Fellini-esque glamour in Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s sun-drenched production.
Cast:
  • Selim – Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
  • Fiorilla – Aleksandra Kurzak
  • Don Geronio – Alessandro Corbelli
  • Don Narciso – Barry Banks
  • Prosdocimo – Thomas Allen
  • Zaida – Rachel Kelly §
  • Albazar – Luis Gomes §
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
11 | 15 | 20 | 27 April at 7.30pm; 18 | 25 April at 7pm
§ Jette Parker Young Artist

Król Roger NEW
Karol Szymanowski
Dir: Kasper Holten
Cond: Antonio Pappano
Kasper Holten presents a new production of Szymanowski’s sumptuously scored meditation on identity and desire.
Cast:
  • Król Roger II: Mariusz Kwiecień
  • Shepherd – Saimir Pirgu
  • Roxana – Georgia Jarman
  • Edrisi – Kim Begley
  • Archbishop – Alan Ewing
  • Deaconess – Agnes Zwierko
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
1 | 6 | 12 | 19 May at 7.30pm; 9 | 16 May at 7pm

Antonio Pappano Orchestral Concert
Cond: Antonio Pappano
Soprano: Anna Caterina Antonacci
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Antonio Pappano conducts a captivating programme that celebrates the award-winning Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.
4 May at 7.30pm

The Virtues of Things NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
Matt Rogers
Lib: Sally O’Reilly
Rising stars Matt Rogers and Sally O’Reilly present a new opera as part of the annual collaboration between The Royal Opera, Opera North and Aldeburgh Music.
TBC May

La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
Dir: Richard Eyre
Cond: Marc Minkowski (18 | 22 | 25 | 28 May; 3 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 30 June; 4 July) / Alexander Joel (6 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 June)
Verdi’s tragic tale of a Parisian courtesan who sacrifices all for love is vividly told in Richard Eyre’s production.
Cast:
  • Violetta Valéry – Sonya Yoncheva (18, 22, 25, 28 May; 3, 19, 24, 27, 30 Jun; 4 Jul) / Marina Rebeka (6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 Jun)
  • Alfredo Germont – Ismael Jordi (18, 22, 25, 28 May; 3, 19, 24, 27, 30 Jun; 4 Jul) / Dmytro Popov (6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 Jun)
  • Giorgio Germont – Franco Vassallo (18, 22, 25 May; 19, 24, 27, 30 Jun; 4 July) / Plácido Domingo (28 May, 3 Jun) / George Petean (6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 Jun)
  • Flora Bervoix – Nadezhda Karyazina § (18, 22, 25, 28 May; 3, 19, 24, 27, 30 Jun; 4 Jul) / Rachel Kelly § (6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 Jun)
  •  Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
18 | 22 | 25 | 28 May at 7pm
3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 30 June at 7pm
4 July at 7pm
§ Jette Parker Young Artist
Summer Season
La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
Dir: John Copley
Cond: Dan Ettinger (23, 27, 30 May; 2, 5, 8, 10 June) / Alexander Joel (9 mat, 11, 13, 16 July)
A lost key and an accidental touch of cold hands in the dark – so begins one of the greatest romances of all opera.
Cast:
  • Mimì – Anna Netrebko (23, 27, 30 May; 2, 5, 8, 10 June) / Lianna Haroutounian (9 mat, 11, 13, 16 July)
  • Rodolfo – Joseph Calleja (23, 27, 30 May; 2, 5, 8, 10 June) / Piotr Beczala (9 mat, 11, 13, 16 July)
  • Marcello – Lucas Meachem (23, 27, 30 May; 2, 5, 8, 10 June) / Levente Molnár (9 mat, 11, 13, 16 July)
  • Musetta – Jennifer Rowley (23, 27, 30 May; 2, 5, 8, 10 June) / Ekaterina Bakanova (9 mat, 11, 13, 16 July)
  • Schaunard – Simone Del Savio (23, 27, 30 May; 2, 5, 8, 10 June) / Dionysios Sourbis (9 mat, 11, 13, 16 July)
  • Colline – Marco Vinco (23, 27, 30 May; 2, 5, 8, 10 June) / Nahuel Di Pierro (9 mat, 11, 13, 16 July)
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
23 | 27 | 30 May at 7.30pm
2 | 5 | 8 | 10† June at 7.30pm
9 July at 12.30pm; 11 | 13 | 16 July at 7.30pm

King Size NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
Christoph Marthaler
A somnolent couple in a huge hotel bedroom sing songs ranging from Purcell to pop, in Christoph Marthaler’s acclaimed reimagining of the Liederabend (‘evening of song’).
TBC June

The Cure / The Corridor NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
Harrison Birtwistle
Lib: David Harsent
Dir: Martin Duncan
Cond: TBC
The Royal Opera celebrates the work of Harrison Birtwistle with a double programme featuring one world premiere and Birtwistle’s acclaimed 2009 chamber opera.
TBC June

Dot, Squiggle and Rest NEW (Clore Studio Upstairs)
Elspeth Brooke and Joy Haynes
The award-winning Polka Theatre presents their first children’s opera, in collaboration with The Royal Opera’s former Composer in Residence, Elspeth Brooke.
TBC June

Don Giovanni 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dir: Kasper Holten
Cond: Alain Altinoglu
ROH Director of Opera Kasper Holten directs a mesmerizing reading of Mozart’s tragicomedy.
Cast:
  • Don Giovanni -  Christopher Maltman
  • Leporello – Alex Esposito
  • Donna Anna – Albina Shagimuratova
  • Donna Elvira – Dorothea Röschmann
  • Don Ottavio – Rolando Villazón (12, 16, 18, 25 Jun; 1, 3 Jul) / Michele Angelini (20, 22 June)
  • Zerlina – Julia Lezhneva
  • Masetto – Nahuel Di Pierro
  • Commendatore – Eric Halfvarson
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
12 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 25 June at 7pm
1 | 3 July at 7pm

Guillaume Tell NEW
Gioachino Rossini
Dir: Damiano Michieletto
Cond: Antonio Pappano
Damiano Michieletto makes his UK debut with a new production of Rossini’s final opera and greatest masterpiece.
Cast:
  • Guillaume Tell – Gerald Finley
  • Arnold Melcthal – John Osborn
  • Mathilde – Malin Byström
  • Walter Furst – Alexander Vinogradov
  • Jemmy – Sofia Fomina
  • Gesler – Nicolas Courjal
  • Melchtal – Eric Halfvarson
  • Rodolphe – Michael Colvin
  • Ruodi – Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
  • Hedwige – Enkelejda Shkosa
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
29 June at 6pm
2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 July at 6pm; 5† July at 3pm

Falstaff
Giuseppe Verdi
Dir: Robert Carsen
Cond: Michael Schønwandt
Robert Carsen’s production of Verdi’s comic masterpiece is filled with wit, humour and joie de vivre.
Cast:
  • Sir John Falstaff – Ambrogio Maestri
  • Alice Ford – Marina Poplavskaya
  • Nanetta – Anna Devin
  • Meg Page – Kai Rüütel
  • Mistress Quickly – Agnes Zwierko
  • Fenton – Paolo Fanale
  • Ford – Roland Wood
  • Dr Caius – Peter Hoare
  • Bardolfo – Alasdair Elliott
  • Pistol – Lukas Jakobski
  • Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
6 | 9 | 15 | 18 July at 7.30pm; 12 July at 7pm

18 July at 1pm
§ Jette Parker Young Artist

The final of Plácido Domingo’s international singing competition comes to the Royal Opera House for the first time, in an extravaganza of operatic song.
19 July at 6pm

Peter Pan NEW
Richard Ayres
Lib: Lavinia Greenlaw
Dir: Keith Warner
Cond: TBC
Welsh National Opera presents Richard Ayres and Lavinia Greenlaw’s new family opera adapted from J.M. Barrie’s beloved fairytale.
24 | 25 July at 7.30pm

mad boy clever girl (double bill) NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
David Sawer
Dir: Richard Jones
Cond: TBC
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group performs two chamber works by leading British composer David Sawer, brought together as the composer intended for the first time.
TBC July

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