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Premiere: La muette de Portici

March 13, 2020 By Ian Sidden

Tonight at Theater Dortmund, we’re having our premiere of Auber’s La muette de Portici. However, it will be a closed performance due to restrictions on public gatherings on account of COVID-19. The first open performance will take place in early May.

In addition to singing in the chorus, I’m singing a small role as a fisher who comes to warn his compatriots of impending doom.

Toi toi toi to all of my colleagues, and I wish everyone good health as the world confronts this great challenge.

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https://www.theaterdo.de/detail/event/20694/

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