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Nov 04, 2008

DCist Goes to the Opera: Lucrezia Borgia

Kate Aldrich, Vittorio Grigolo, and Renée Fleming in Lucrezia Borgia, Washington National Opera, photo by Karin Cooper On Saturday night, Washington National Opera opened a new production of Donizetti’s seldom performed Lucrezia Borgia, created for Renée Fleming’s first stage appearance at the Kennedy Center Opera House. The American soprano’s debut in this opera’s title role, at La Scala ten years ago, ran afoul of that theater’s infamous loggionisti. In a recent interview Fleming said…

 
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