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FGO’s Shattering ‘Passenger’ Shows Why Opera Exists

Florida Grand Opera’s shattering production of Mieczyystaw Weinberg’s The Passenger. explains why opera exists and what it can be.

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Bill Hirschman
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Florida Grand Opera Plumbs Holocaust’s Depths With Rare Voyage Of “The Passenger”

The Passenger, composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s operatic treatment of the Holocaust and its aftermath, will be a heavy enterprise, in a number of ways, when it makes its area debut April 2-9. The Florida Grand Opera will present The Passenger at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Bill Hirschman
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