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Palais Garnier in Paris: 5 things you most likely won’t see
The Parisian opera hour is a must-see, but some things cannot be visited Inaugurated on 5 January 1875, the Palais Garnier is on most people’s list of things to check when visiting Paris. The ...
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How Do You Write an Opera Based on Moby-Dick?
I wrote a forty-to-fifty-page treatment, which no one ever saw, of how the opera would unfold. And then I got that down to fifteen pages, which the composer saw, and then ten pages, which the ...