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November 30, 2021
November 29, 2021
The production had been dogged by problems, starting on opening night. The set of San Francisco Opera’s 1992 Don Carlo was meant to be dynamic, with walls that moved and narrowed in on the characters at crucial moments in the story.
October 28, 2021
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