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Verdi, Naked and Anti-American

Austrian Marxist uses opera to slam US capitalism

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 12, 2008 6:51 AM CDT

(Newser) – A German staging of Verdi’s “A Masked Ball” leaves Uncle Sam wearing little but a mask, Der Spiegel reports. In a rebuke of US capitalism, the production parades naked retirees on a set of the World Trade Center's ruins, and offers a female...   Read full story »

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