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A Comedic Double Header By Chabrier And Rossini

Kishani Jaysinghe, left, as Gontran and Paula Murrihy, as his wife Helen, star in the Wexford Festival's production of Chabrier's opera An Insufficient Education. Patrick Redmond hide caption

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A Comedic Double Header By Chabrier And Rossini

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April 30, 2010 • From frustrated newlyweds who don't know what to do with each other, to an arranged marriage of inconvenience, this double bill from Ireland's Wexford Festival features the little-heard short operas The Marriage contract by Rossini and An Insufficient Education by Chabrier.

Hear An Introdiction To The Operas

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