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With richard serra, matthew barney, aimee mullins, paul brady. The lamenting tone of the opera suggests that barney invisions this as a moment of tragedy and loss. Ive done bela tarrs satantango seven hours and 12 minutes and jacques. Cremaster 5 55 min, 1997 is a fiveact opera sung in hungarian set in lateninteenth century budapest.
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