Topic: The Metropolitan Opera

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When a life's work is greeted by deep appreciation in the final curtain call.

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I decide to attend the opera, with Raisinets and bonbons.

Live performances of the New York Metropolitan Opera are beamed into movie theaters across the country, offering audiences ways to experience high culture at low prices. But is it the same as live or is it just Memorex?

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Opera reaches for new scale

Old art form is flourishing in US as new opera companies open and works are premiered.

A Chinese star's rare rise in Western opera

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