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At 150, 'Il Trovatore' Still Hits a High Note

NPR | By Scott Simon
Published January 17, 2003 at 10:00 PM MST

Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore, which premiered 150 years ago this weekend in Rome. It remains one of the most romantic and popular operas of all time. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Philadelphia Inquirer music critic David Patrick Stearns.

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