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OPERA REVIEW

BLO keeps a light on for the less traditional

By Jeremy Eichler

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 09, 2012

A consistent highlight of recent Boston Lyric Opera seasons has been its Opera Annex series, offering a single production annually of more adventurous repertoire in a location outside the company’s home in the acoustically challenged Shubert Theatre. This year’s selection, “The Lighthouse’’ by Peter Maxwell Davies, opened last night at the John F. Kennedy Library and it is another clear success, a night of darkly riveting modern chamber opera played out against the backdrop of Boston Harbor.

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