Audio slide show: Opera in the key of life
An unusual new work was not only written by an amateur but also features a singer who credits the composer with saving his life.
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Produced by Marc Martin
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Countless revisions later, the opera - with a chamber orchestra and vocalists from Los Angeles Opera and other groups - will have its premiere at the UCLA Semel Institute Auditorium. It will complement an academic symposium about coping with stress and catastrophe.
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