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Dayton

A Timely, Dreamlike Production of Menotti’s The Consul

14/08/202030/10/2017 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Menotti, The Consul: Soloists of Dayton Opera, Dayton Philharmonic / Patrick Reynolds (conductor). Schuster Center, Dayton, Ohio. 22.10.2017. (RDA)

THE CONSUL
Cindy Sadler, Tyler Alessi, & Karah Shay Thomson in The Consul (c) Dayton Opera

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