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23.9.16

At Washington Classical Review: WNO's Rebuilding Year

by Charles T. Downey | Friday, September 23, 2016



Charles T. Downey, WNO opens season with a visually attractive, vocally bland “Figaro”
Washington Classical Review, September 23

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