San Diego Opera Spotlight: Vanessa

4/15/2005; 27 minutes

This episode of Spotlight focuses on Samuel Barber's Vanessa, based on a novel by Isak Dinesen (Out of Africa). Barber's 1958 opera was an instant hit with audiences, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music, and is presented in San Diego for the first time. (#8885)

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