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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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