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May 21, 1955

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Opera After Midnight.

Joseph Wechsberg

REPORTER AT LARGE about a performance of "The Marriage of Figaro" at the Gran Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona. From Nov. to Apr. the city goes opera-crazy. …

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