08.01.2009 9:56 pm

Union Avenue Opera: About those “Merry Widow” helmets

Post-Dispatch Classical Music

A hussar. (There were no horses onstage)

If you go to see Franz Lehar’s Die Lustige Witwe (better known in English-speaking countries as The Merry Widow), your eye might be caught by the colorful military uniforms - including square-topped helmets -…

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04.17.2009 12:01 pm

The St. Louis Chamber Chorus announces 2009-2010 season

By Sarah Bryan Miller

Post-Dispatch Classical Music

The St. Louis Chamber Chorus has announced its 2009-2010 season, along with some other important news: Artistic director Philip Barnes will be on sabbatical next year.

Barnes, who recently became a U.S. citizen, is taking a sabbatical from his day job…

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Union Avenue Opera: About those “Merry Widow” helmets

The St. Louis Chamber Chorus announces 2009-2010 season

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