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Pauline Viardot-Garcia

Composers Datebook by American Public Media

Jul 18, 202600:02:00Health

Synopsis Today we pay tribute to Pauline Viardot-Garcia, born in Paris on today’s date in 1821. Her father was Manuel Garcia, the tenor for whom Rossini had written the role of Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville . H...

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Pauline Viardot-Garcia is an episode from Composers Datebook by American Public Media. Synopsis Today we pay tribute to Pauline Viardot-Garcia, born in Paris on today’s date in 1821. Her father was Manuel Garcia, the tenor for whom Rossini...

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