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A Modern Barber of Seville for Philadelphia

Kelly & Massa
Opera Philadelphia's production of The Barber of Seville runs through October 5th at the Academy of Music.

The Barber of Seville is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Opera-goers always kind of knew that. But in Opera Philadelphia's new production, the setting is being brought forward 200 years to modern Spain - where passion crosses the line into...who knows? The Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns reports.

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