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- Hugo Santos
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- TC
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- tenchi67622
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- tenchi67622
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- tenchi67622
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- Seth David Lubin
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- Seth David Lubin
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- Seth David Lubin
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- Le Petit Yniold
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  Humdrum existence · 1 hour ago

It’s a zoo

By La Cieca on April 19, 2010 at 4:41 PM

La Cieca has just heard that James Morris and Hei-Kyung Hong have withdrawn from Cincinnati Opera’s upcoming production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, due to “recuperation from surgery” and “family issues,” respectively.

Topics: "due to illness", cancellation

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