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Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” in Iowa

  PRESENTS: Menotti / Amahl and the Night Visitors Presenting Premier Sponsor is American Equity Opera in One Act Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti First performance: NBC Television Opera Theatre in New York City, Broadcast on December 24, 1951 Performed … Continue reading

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“La Traviata” in Des Moines

  PRESENTS: Verdi / La Traviata (The Fallen Woman)* An opera in four acts Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Alexandre Dumas fils’ play La dame aux camélias First performance: Venice; Teatro La Fenice, March 6, 1853 Performed in Italian … Continue reading

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