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Friday, October 28, 2011

Elektra

October 28, 2011 A gruesome tale of one very dysfunctional family, courtesy of Richard Strauss.

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Friday, October 21, 2011

Carlos Alvarez and Lyubov Petrova in Verdi's Rigoletto at the Washington National Opera.

October 21, 2011 The tragedies of Verdi's own life spurred some of his most extraordinary work.

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Catherine Malfitano as Beatrice and Kim Josephson as Eddie in William Bolcom's 'A View From The Bridge.'

October 14, 2011 Brooklyn verismo: the trials of Italian immigrants — some of them illegal — in 1950s Red Hook.

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Friday, October 07, 2011

Baritone Alan Held

October 7, 2011 Wagner's lonely wanderer anticipates a generation of Westerns — in a vivid and compelling story.

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Oct. 22: Verdi: Rigoletto (Washington National Opera)

Oct. 29: Strauss: Elektra (Washington National Opera)

Nov. 5: Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (Washington National Opera)

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