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Opera Goes to Paris at the Long Center
Austin Lyric Opera canceled the Opera Ball last season …
Sari Gruber and Sebastien Gueze
Instead, they staged a smattering of small-scale fundraising parties that responded to a chastened economy …
Craig Verm and Richard Buckley
This season, opera leaders split the difference by swirling various parties around the opening production, “La Boheme,” at the Long Center …
Gail and Jeff Kodosky
The whole place was outfitted like Paris, with dramatically lighted, sculptural representations of the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe …
Karen Landa and Dale Dewey
After a near-miss earlier in the evening, I stumbled on several of the social junctures, including a splendid late supper in the Kodosky Lounge …
Stanislav Pronina and Ksenia Zhuleva
Where, happily, I ran into namesakes Jeff and Gail Kodosky, whom I need to spend more time with …
Peter Bay and Mela Dailey
Looked festive, but it had been a long day and long night, so I checked out early.
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By MONCHABLON
November 10, 2009 6:23 AM | Link to this
Let me say you :BRAVO for your "la boheme"on saturday evening.All was perfect with a special mention for the tenor sebastien gueze absolutly amazing.If the perfection exist in the opera,may be it was saturday at the austin lyric opera.Regular visitor off worwide operas(MET,vienna,paris...)I can tell you that your opera is one off the best.Thank you for this enchanting moment,bet regards.gerard MONCHABLON