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For those of us who can't be in Vegas on the 15th, here's a nice little treat from NPR - check your local listings! :D

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November 15
Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Houston Grand Opera
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
CAST: Ana Maria Martinez (Mimi); Roberto Aronica (Rodolfo); Earle Patriarco (Marcello); Ainhoa Arteta (Musetta); Oren Gradus (Colline); Daniel Belcher (Schaunard); Richard Sutliff (Benoit/Alcindoro).

"Reality" shows may be a new thing on TV. But we've heard them in the opera house for a century or more. At the opera, they're such shows are called, "verismo," and nobody handled the genre with more genius, and more raw emotion, than Puccini in La Bohème. Struggling young artists have never had it so bad -- or so good!
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http://www.npr.org/programs/worldofopera/programlistings/
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My heart opens to your voice
Like the flowers open to the kisses of the dawn!
But, o my beloved, to dry my tears the best,
Let your voice speak again!
- Mon coeur s'ouvre a la voix, Samson et Dalila - Saint Saens