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- ↑ CCO Opens 35th Season with Premieres of Two Getty Operas. Broadwayworld, Opera News Desk, August 3, 2017: "The New York premieres and world premiere production of Gordon Getty's "Scare Pair," a double-bill by the San Francisco-based composer, pairs his two one act-operas – Usher House and The Canterville Ghost – together for the first time on October 19 and 21 (7:30pm) at The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College