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Italian Girl in Algiers – Brave Heroine Rescues Helpless Hero from Fate Worse than Death

What’s not to like? Music by Rossini – always pleasant and hummable; Improbable plot – so what else is new in opera; happy ending – I mean really happy – good guys get what they want and bad guys turn out to be not bad at all. You walk out of the theatre humming melodies, chuckling, and feeling good. Continue reading »

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