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Houston Grand Opera Presents Verdi's 'A Masked Ball'

Houston Grand Opera launches the 2007 – 2008 season with Verdi's A Masked Ball. The story of love, passion and betrayal plays at the Wortham Theater Center Oct. 19 – Nov. 2.

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Philadelphia Opera Presents Verdi's Rigoletto

A major new production of Verdi's tragic masterpiece Rigoletto opens the Opera Company of Philadelphia's 2007-2008 Season with performances on October 5, 7m, 10, 12, 14m and 17, 2007 at the Academy of Music.

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Minnesota Opera Premieres Giuseppe Verdi's A Masked Ball

The Minnesota Opera 2007-2008 season will open with Giuseppe Verdi's A Masked Ball. Based on the real-life assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden, Verdi's opera pulsates with drama from beginning to end.

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American Opera Perform Verdi At McCallum Theatre

American Opera Theater is a leading presenter of opera in the United States, garnering acclaim for its innovative, challenging, and mesmerizing concert versions of often-neglected repertiore. On Thursday, March 15, they will bring Verdi's opera, "Ernani" to the stage of the McCallum Theatre at 8pm. American Opera Theater (AOT) is known for exploring repertoire often left untouched.

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Opera Carolina Presents Verdi's Rigoletto

The jester truly is the unfortunate fool in Opera Carolina's production of Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera Rigoletto. Playing March 1, 3 and 4 in the Belk Theater, Rigoletto transports audiences to the 16th century court of the licentious Duke of Mantua. Known for his frivolity with women, the Duke seduces the young daughters and wives while his hunchbacked jester, Rigoletto, jeers at the unfortunate noblemen for their cuckoldry and powerlessness over the Duke's sensual appetite.

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