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Why Boston is ‘not an opera town’

A century-old collapse reveals volumes about the city’s arts culture

The recent dissolution of Opera Boston prompts a look back at the collapse of another Boston grand opera 100 years ago this month. In fact, even in 1912, Boston’s particular demographics were already making it difficult to support fully staged opera.

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