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  Mademoiselle Fifi

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  The Countess (Hrabina) is an opera in 3 acts by the Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko. The libretto was written by Włodzimierz Wolski (who also authored the libretto of Moniuszko's Halka). The opera was first performed at the Great Theatre, Warsaw on February 7th 1860. Though the opera is...
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