Salt Marsh Opera

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Salt Marsh Opera is a U.S. non-profit opera company that performs across southern Connecticut and Rhode Island. [1] [2] Founded in 2000 and based in Stonington, Connecticut, Salt Marsh Opera has offered productions of Madama Butterfly , Tosca , Cosi fan tutte , The Mikado , La bohème , La traviata , Il barbiere di Siviglia , and Lucia di Lammermoor . [3] It also stages full-dress rehearsals and hosts lectures and soirees to expand public appreciation of opera. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ “Salt Marsh Opera Co.”, US OperaWeb
  2. ↑ “La Boheme worthy of majors,” Providence Journal, October 9, 2005
  3. 1 2 “Opera in Ivoryton,” Hartford Courant, September 15, 2008
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