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WNO’s ‘Carmen’: Its Charms Are All Too Familiar

17 years ago
Gary Hoffman

By Anne Midgette [Washington Post, 10 November 2008]

It’s interesting to imagine what it would be like if a professional theater company staged “Hamlet” the way most professional opera companies stage “Carmen.”

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