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  • October 5, 2021

Premiere of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ Sets the Reopened Met Ablaze

Fire Shut Up in My Bones is in the running for best American opera of the 21st century. By James Jorden • 09/28/21 12:13pm After over a year and a half of silence, the Metropolitan

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