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Slaying the Dragon - February Staged Workshop
Presented by Center City Opera Theater at Prince Music Theater - Independence Black Box
February 19, 2012
Center City Opera Theater will present a staged workshop of Slaying the Dragon, a new Creative Development Project at The Prince Music Theater. Music by Michael Ching. Libretto by Ellen Frankel. Based on the book Not by the Sword by Kathryn Watterson.
The full opera will be premiered in Philadelphia in June 2012.
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