CCM OPERA D’ARTE UNDERGRADUATE OPERA Series presents
Dido and Aeneas is composed by Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate
Gianni Schicchi is composed by Giacomo Puccini with a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
8 p.m. Feb. 3-4, 2 p.m. Feb. 5, 2023, Cohen Family Studio Theater
Opera d'Arte Sponsor
Rafael and Kimberly de Acha
*CCM Student
Dido and Aeneas + Gianni Schicchi will last approximately two hours with intermission
Featured image at the top of the program: Students perform in CCM Opera's 2018 production of Gianni Schicchi. Photo by Mark Lyons.
By Kenneth Shaw
I have had a long relationship with both operas in tonight's production, having been involved with them on both sides of the footlights. At first glance, they may seem an odd combination for a double bill, but when one looks just under the surface, we first learn that both stories are, to some extent, allegorical. The Purcell is based upon Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid, and the Puccini text comes directly from an incident mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy. Musically, the two are certainly of vastly different styles, but both are masterful in their depiction of human experience and emotion. Dramatically, therefore, we easily see how human passions burn — whether in the desire for each other or for material things, for love or for duty. And in both, we see how those passions clash, with utterly different outcomes.
I have a special affinity for Dido and Aeneas for many reasons, but I confess to having always struggled with an aspect of the opera that, for me, is unexplained. In past productions, I have simply ignored the nagging question of just who this Sorceress is and why she and the Witches with her hate Dido so much. Though some purists will take issue with me, I have chosen to make a case for this relationship by inventing a reason for that hatred. Built from the legend that Dido fled her murderous brother in Lebanon and landed on the Northern coast of Africa, the Berber chieftain who controlled the region welcomed her and told her she could have as much land as an ox hide would cover. Dido cut a single ox hide into thin strips and laid them end-to-end around a hill, successfully claiming it for her people. I have set forth a premise that Dido has invited the Berber leadership (known in the opera as Sorceress and Witches) into her court at a high level, but not that of leadership. I proffer that their resentment has given birth to a plot to take down Dido in subtle ways — drugging her with ‘medicinal’ droughts and conjuring ancient methods of magic and the supernatural which ultimately, and quite successfully drive the story to its tragic end. Whether one accepts my premise or not, there is nonetheless much to appreciate and enjoy with this work — Purcell's only fully sung opera.
Gianni Schicchi, which Puccini composed as the third in his trilogy of one act operas (with Suor Angelica and Il Tabarro) is his only true comedy, portraying human nature at its most selfish. Yet because we can easily recognize in all the characters some aspect of ourselves that most of us would never dare to express, we can go along with the craziness and laugh about it.
These aspects of the human experience seem to share a commonality across cultures and generations, so we've seen productions set in various historical time periods, with myriad character delineations, the core characteristics of which are found in commedia dell'arte. Tonight's production is set in 1953, with costumes designed with a nod to the Avant Garde of the period, largely for the purpose of exaggerating the nature of each character. And we have intended to push the entire design toward that of black and white TV, giving hints of color only to the characters who bring depth and empathy to the story — Rinuccio, Lauretta, and the man himself: the sly, crafty hero of our story Gianni Schicchi.
Special thanks to The Busse Fund, David Adams, Kimberly and Rafael De Acha, Robert Doak, Donna Lowey, the CCM Voice Faculty.
Dido and Aeneas, Carthage
Gianni Schicchi, 1950’s Florence, Italy
*Featured in the performance on Saturday, Feb. 4
Natalia Adame
Senior Vocal Performance student from Novi, Michigan
At CCM: Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Cupid in Orpheus in the Underworld, Dritter Knabe in The Magic Flute with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Gertrude Stein (cover) and Anna Hope (cover) in The Mother of Us All, Shamana 3 in The House on Mango Street (premiere), Owl in The Cunning Little Vixen and Rose and Mrs. Medlock in The Secret Garden with the Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory (Chautauqua, New York), Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro and Mercédès (scenes) in Carmen at the International Opera Summer Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico).
Lauren Albano
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from New Orleans, Louisiana
At CCM: Police Woman and Chorus in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief, Chorus in Semele, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.
Emilio Vasquez
Junior Vocal Performance student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: 2nd armored man in Die Zauberflöte, Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld, People's chorus in Dialogues of the Carmelites.
Lea Nayak
Junior Vocal Performance student from San Francisco, California
At CCM: Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d'Arte, People's Chorus and Voix de femme en coulisse in Les Dialogues des Carmélites with CCM Graduate Opera, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with Opera d’Arte.
Jadyn Riggs
Junior Vocal Performance student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Ensemble in Orpheus in the Underworld, Ensemble in Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere: MUSE Cincinnati Women’s Choir (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Reed Demangone
Senior Vocal Performance student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld, Third Spirit in The Magic Flute, L'Eco in L'Orfeo with Opera d’Arte.
Maya McGuire (she/her)
Junior Vocal Performance student
At CCM: Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Venus in Orpheus in the Underworld, chorus in The Magic Flute with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Papagena in Die Zauberflöte at Berlin Opera Academy (Berlin, Germany).
Caitlin Chisham
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Wichita, Kansas
CCM: Policewoman and Judge in Orpheus in the Underworld.
Elsewhere: Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors with University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri), Marie in Le Fille du Regiment with Boston University Tanglewood Institute (Lennox, Massachusetts), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Brevard Music Institute (Brevard, North Carolina), Chorus in Pirates of Penzance with Opera Kansas (Wichita, Kansas).
Nia Spaulding
Junior Vocal Performance student from Berkley, California
At CCM: Zita in Gianni Schicchi, 2nd Witch in Dido and Aeneas, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld and Dritte Dame cover in Die Zauberflöte with Opera d’Arte, Citizen’s Chorus in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica with International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico), Second Woman in Dido and Aeneas with Voices of Music (San Francisco, California).
Grant Shields
Junior Vocal Performance student from Morrow, Ohio
At CCM: Gherardo and Rinuccio (cover) in Gianni Schicchi, Sailor and Chorus in Dido and Aeneas, Chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites, Mercury in Orpheus in the Underworld, Chorus in The Magic Flute with Opera d’Arte, Tenor Soloist in Nunez Garcia’s Requiem, Jephte in Historia di Jephté.
Zachary Burnham
Junior Vocal Performance student from Detroit, Michigan
At CCM: Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi, Sailor in Dido and Aeneas, Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d’Arte, chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Doody in Grease at Riverbank Theatre (Marine City, Michigan).
Torie Davis
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Spirit in Dido and Aeneas, Love Police in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera D’Arte. Elsewhere: Chorus in Carmen, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Macbeth and La Bohème with Toledo Opera, Grace Davis in Street Scene at Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio), Mystery in The Fairy Queen at the University of Toledo, Nursing Sister in Suor Angelica with Resonanz Opera (Mentor, Ohio).
Reed Demangone
Senior Vocal Performance student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld, Third Spirit in The Magic Flute, L'Eco in L'Orfeo with Opera d’Arte.
Zachary Burnham
Junior Vocal Performance student from Detroit, Michigan
At CCM: Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi, Sailor in Dido and Aeneas, Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d’Arte, chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Doody in Grease at Riverbank Theatre (Marine City, Michigan).
Desmond Bunting
Junior Vocal Performance student from Gilbert, Arizona
At CCM: Ser Amantio di Nicolao in Gianni Schicchi, Chorus in Dido and Aeneas.
Gretha Fergus
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Wallingford, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Pinellino in Gianni Schicci, Chorus in Dido and Aeneas. Elsewhere: YoungArts Competition Winner, Ruth in Pirates of Penzance with The Young Players Club of Swarthmore (Wallingford, Pennsylvania).
Sydney Horan
Freshman Vocal Performance and Music Education student from West Palm Beach, Florida
Elsewhere: Palm Beach Opera Studio Artist alum.
Lukas Maceroni
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Royal Oak, Michigan
Elsewhere: Michigan School Vocal Music Association Solo and Ensemble Outstanding Soloist (2022), MSVMA All State Honors Choir (2022)
Natalie Mastali
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Orlando, Florida
Elsewhere: Merit Winner for YoungArts, Washington National Opera Institute alum.
Samantha Pape
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Houston, Texas
Elsewhere: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Pirates of Penzance, Houston Grand Opera High School Voice Studio.
Grant Shields
Junior Vocal Performance student from Morrow, Ohio
At CCM: Gherardo and Rinuccio (cover) in Gianni Schicchi, Sailor and Chorus in Dido and Aeneas, Chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites, Mercury in Orpheus in the Underworld, Chorus in The Magic Flute with Opera d’Arte, Tenor Soloist in Nunez Garcia’s Requiem, Jephte in Historia di Jephté.
Leah Yackanech
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Rockville, Maryland
At CCM: Ensemble in Dido and Aeneas and Guccio in Gianni Schicchi with Opera d’Arte.
Joshua Klein
Junior Vocal Performance student from Flower Mound, Texas
At CCM: Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte and Caronte in L’Orfeo with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni with the Vienna Summer Music Festival (Vienna, Austria), Masetto in Don Giovanni with the Berlin Opera Academy (Berlin, Germany).
Cora-Melin Mikat
Senior Vocal Performance student from Brighton, Michigan
At CCM: Erster Knabe in Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere: Fortuna, Pallade, and Damigella in L’incoronazione di Poppea with Chicago Summer Opera (Chicago, Illinois), Chorus in L’enfant et les sortilèges with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Cincinnati, Ohio), Queen of the Fairies in Iolanthe with Detroit Opera (Detroit, Michigan).
Laura Stanell
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Harleysville, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Ensemble in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Angel/Maiden in The Maid of Orleans with the Russian Opera Workshop at the Academy of Vocal Arts (Philadelphia), Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica with Bel Canto in Tuscany (Greve, Italy).
Carlos Ahrens
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Orlando, Florida
At CCM: First Commissioner in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Rinuccio in Gianni Schiccci
Elsewhere: Tamino in Die Zauberflaüte with the Trentino Music Festival (Fiera, Italy), Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte, Mayor in Albert Herring, Old Man in L'enfant et les sortilèges and Apollo in Semele at Vanderbilt Opera Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee), Don Curzio in Le Nozze Di Figaro at Prague Summer Nights (Prague, Czechia )
Jinpark Choi
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Seoul, South Korea
At CCM: Chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro and Colin in L’Amant Anonyme. Elsewhere: Tamino in Die Zauberflöte.
Nia Spaulding
Junior Vocal Performance student from Berkley, California
At CCM: Zita in Gianni Schicchi, 2nd Witch in Dido and Aeneas, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld and Dritte Dame cover in Die Zauberflöte with Opera d’Arte, Citizen’s Chorus in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica with International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico), Second Woman in Dido and Aeneas with Voices of Music (San Francisco, California).
Emilio Vasquez
Junior Vocal Performance student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: 2nd armored man in Die Zauberflöte, Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld, People's chorus in Dialogues of the Carmelites.
Caitlin Chisham
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Wichita, Kansas
CCM: Policewoman and Judge in Orpheus in the Underworld.
Elsewhere: Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors with University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri), Marie in Le Fille du Regiment with Boston University Tanglewood Institute (Lennox, Massachusetts), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Brevard Music Institute (Brevard, North Carolina), Chorus in Pirates of Penzance with Opera Kansas (Wichita, Kansas).
Torie Davis
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Spirit in Dido and Aeneas, Love Police in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera D’Arte. Elsewhere: Chorus in Carmen, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Macbeth and La Bohème with Toledo Opera, Grace Davis in Street Scene at Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio), Mystery in The Fairy Queen at the University of Toledo, Nursing Sister in Suor Angelica with Resonanz Opera (Mentor, Ohio).
Reed Demangone
Senior Vocal Performance student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld, Third Spirit in The Magic Flute, L'Eco in L'Orfeo with Opera d’Arte.
Joshua Klein
Junior Vocal Performance student from Flower Mound, Texas
At CCM: Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte and Caronte in L’Orfeo with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni with the Vienna Summer Music Festival (Vienna, Austria), Masetto in Don Giovanni with the Berlin Opera Academy (Berlin, Germany).
Zachary Burnham
Junior Vocal Performance student from Detroit, Michigan
At CCM: Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi, Sailor in Dido and Aeneas, Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d’Arte, chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Doody in Grease at Riverbank Theatre (Marine City, Michigan).
Grant Shields
Junior Vocal Performance student from Morrow, Ohio
At CCM: Gherardo and Rinuccio (cover) in Gianni Schicchi, Sailor and Chorus in Dido and Aeneas, Chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites, Mercury in Orpheus in the Underworld, Chorus in The Magic Flute with Opera d’Arte, Tenor Soloist in Nunez Garcia’s Requiem, Jephte in Historia di Jephté.
Caitlin Chisham
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Wichita, Kansas
CCM: Policewoman and Judge in Orpheus in the Underworld.
Elsewhere: Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors with University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri), Marie in Le Fille du Regiment with Boston University Tanglewood Institute (Lennox, Massachusetts), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Brevard Music Institute (Brevard, North Carolina), Chorus in Pirates of Penzance with Opera Kansas (Wichita, Kansas).
Sydney Horan
Freshman Vocal Performance and Music Education student from West Palm Beach, Florida
Elsewhere: Palm Beach Opera Studio Artist alum.
Lukas Maceroni
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Royal Oak, Michigan
Elsewhere: Michigan School Vocal Music Association Solo and Ensemble Outstanding Soloist (2022), MSVMA All State Honors Choir (2022)
Natalie Mastali
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Orlando, Florida
Elsewhere: Merit Winner for YoungArts, Washington National Opera Institute alum.
Desmond Bunting
Junior Vocal Performance student from Gilbert, Arizona
At CCM: Ser Amantio di Nicolao in Gianni Schicchi, Chorus in Dido and Aeneas.
Gretha Fergus
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Wallingford, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Pinellino in Gianni Schicci, Chorus in Dido and Aeneas. Elsewhere: YoungArts Competition Winner, Ruth in Pirates of Penzance with The Young Players Club of Swarthmore (Wallingford, Pennsylvania).
Samantha Pape
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Houston, Texas
Elsewhere: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Pirates of Penzance, Houston Grand Opera High School Voice Studio.
Sydney Horan
Freshman Vocal Performance and Music Education student from West Palm Beach, Florida
Elsewhere: Palm Beach Opera Studio Artist alum.
Leah Yackanech
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Rockville, Maryland
At CCM: Ensemble in Dido and Aeneas and Guccio in Gianni Schicchi with Opera d’Arte.
Brett Scott, conductor
Landon Scriber, assistant conductor
McKenna Brennan
Senior Technical Production student from Los Alamitos, California
At CCM: Automation Op on Clybourne Park, Wardrobe Crew on 42nd Street, Master Carpenter on Little Shop of Horrors, Automation Op on Light in the Piazza.
Bella Pfeiffer
Senior Lighting Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Laser Designer for The Hughes Project, Lighting Designer for Dido and Aeneas + Gianni Schicchi, Assistant Lighting Designer for Fellow Travelers, A Dream Play, and Sunday in the Park with George. Elsewhere: Associate Lighting and Laser Designer at Image Engineering (Baltimore, Maryland).
Corey Cochran
Senior Costume Design and Technology student from Fort Worth, Texas
At CCM: Wardrobe Head for Xanadu and Marriage of Figaro, Craft Artisan for Lysistrata and She Loves Me. Assistant Designer for Spring Awakening. Elsewhere: Wig/Makeup Designer and First Hand for Pippin, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Robber Bridegroom and Ain't Misbehavin' at Timber Lake Playhouse (Carroll County, Illinois), Stitchers Apprentice for The Sound of Music, Costume Design Apprentice for La Boheme, Candide, Romeo & Juliet, Rinaldo and The Rip Van Winkles, Costume Designer for Love & War at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York).
Michael Donahue
Senior Sound Design student from Norwalk, Connecticut
At CCM: Sound Designer for Dido and Aeneas & Gianni Schicchi, Production Sound Engineer for Dialogues des Carmelites, Production Sound Engineer for The Burials. Elsewhere: Sound Designer/A1 for Jersey Boys, The Addams Family, Matilda, Spamalot, and Clue with Forestburgh Playhouse (Forestburgh, New York).
Bri Kelly
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Gaithersburg, Maryland
Elsewhere: Assistant sound designer and A1 on Jekyll and Hyde an Immersive Musical Thriller, A1 on Always, Patsy Cline with Free Range Humans (Fredrick, Maryland), A2 on Cabaret with Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head, South Carolina), Sound Designer and Audio engineer on Pippin with The Free Theatre (Gaithersburg, Maryland), A1 on Romeo and Juliet with The Endangered Species Theatre Project (Fredrick, Maryland).
Hannah Kate Hawver
Junior Stage Management student from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
At CCM: PA for Xanadu, Orpheus in the Underworld, and Galileo Galilei, Assistant Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dionysia, Student Choreographer's Showcase (2023), and Sweet Charity, PSM for Gianni Schicchi + Dido and Aeneas, and American in Paris + Other Works. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager at Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, Indiana), Assistant Stage Manager at Gulfshore Playhouse (Naples, Florida), Assistant Stage Manager at Long Bay Theatre Company (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina).
Elora Bowers
Sophomore Stage Management student from West Chester, Ohio
At CCM: Production Assistant for Something Rotten, Costume Crew for Dialogues of the Carmelites, Assistant Stage Manager for Dido and Aeneas and Gianni Schicchi, Scenic Crew for Spring Dance, Deck Electrician for Sweet Charity.
Lucia Thill
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
At CCM: Our Town. Elsewhere: Wizard of Oz at Southwest Community Education (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Ashton Karp
Junior Lighting Design student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: She Loves Me, 2023 Student Choreographers Showcase. Elsewhere: The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
Abby Fluck
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Wayne, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Board Operator for Xanadu, Assistant Master Electrician for Pippin and The Burials, Production Electrician for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Production Electrician 2 for Hughes Project 2.0 Elsewhere: Electrician Apprentice for Grease, Private Lives, Always Pasty Cline, God Of Carnage, An American in Paris, and Murder on the Orient Express at The Cape Playhouse (Dennis, Massachusetts).
Kaylyn Baldwin
First-year Doctoral Student in Voice from Las Vegas, Nevada
At CCM: Soprano Soloist in The Creation. Elsewhere: Young Leah in Uncovered, Poppea in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee with Utah State Opera Theatre (Logan, Utah), Chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro with Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre (Logan, Utah).
Rosie Burns Pavlik
Senior Stage Management student from Farmington Hills, Michigan
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Dialogues of the Carmelites, Julius Caesar, and Orpheus and the Underworld, Calling Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dyonisia. Assistant Stage Manager for Cinderella, Galileo Galilei, and Travelogue, Production Assistant for The Magic Flute, and Rocket Science, Wardrobe Supervisor for Spring Awakening. Elsewhere: Orchestra Stage Manager for Aspen Music Festival, Assistant Stage Manager for The Sound of Music (Aspen Music Festival) and The Absentee (The KNOW Theatre of Cincinnati), Sub-Assistant Stage Manager for Don Giovanni (Aspen Music Festival).
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November 20, 2023
UC’s College-Conservatory of Music will welcome a variety of new faculty and staff members to its roster of distinguished performing and media arts experts this fall. The following new appointments have been announced as of Aug 15, 2023. Additional new hires will be announced later this summer.
November 14, 2023
UC College Conservatory of Music (CCM) launches its Opera Series with Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. The opera, one of the masterpieces of the English repertoire, runs Thursday, Nov. 16 through Sunday, Nov 19 in the Patricia Corbett Theatre. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.
November 13, 2023
Cincinnati Opera and CCM will workshop two new operas—"Two Corners" and "Bulrusher"—through their Opera Fusion: New Works partnership this winter. Both workshops culminate in free, public performances of excerpts on December 17 (Two Corners) and January 24 (Bulrusher).
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