How to write family-friendly opera

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Thursday, 12 November 2009 (on November 12, 2009)

Family-friendly opera must be nasty, brutish and short – and go easy on the slow passagesChildren love stories. Most enjoy singing, too: you could say that opera is a natural medium for them. But, of..

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