Middle East North Africa Financial Network reports via McClatchy on Lyric Opera Baltimore's budgetary and artistic changes in advance of the season opener La Traviata on November 4. For example, American artists will predominate, with fewer international vocalists and actors taking the stage. From the article: The opening production, Verdi's "La Traviata," is the first of three productions scheduled for the inaugural season. This will provide a showcase for the $13 million of much-needed renovations just completed in the facility, rechristened last year in honor of the patrons who capped the renovation funding: the Patricia & Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric. Read the entire article
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