Weekend Passport: Peruvian opera, “Bel Canto”
Weekend Passport: Peruvian opera, “Bel Canto”
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Each week, global citizen, Nari Safavi, helps listeners plan their international weekend. This week he’ll tell us about an opera inspired by the Peruvian hostage crisis of 1996. Joining Safavi is ‘Bel Canto’ director, Jimmy Lopez. Bel Canto is currently running at Lyric Opera in Chicago.
PHOTO: Scene from the Peruvian opera, “Bel Canto’ (Courtesy of the Lyric Opera of Chicago)