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Australian Arts

Reese Witherspoon

8 May 2021

9:00 AM

8 May 2021

9:00 AM

There are moments when the very idea of live entertainment including its high cultural expression, thrills the soul. On 6 May, Opera Australia presented in Melbourne Verdi’s Aida, that opera where the spectacular reaches the point of grandeur and the casting of Leah Crocetto in the title role was a deliberate attempt to find a singer with a voice that could outsoar the visual splendours that were illustrating Verdi’s music.

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