Folks get burned by attending inadequate performances and/or inferior operas, or buying recordings that make them erroneously conclude that opera is generally not for them. Others get turned off when, thanks to operas powers-that-be self-defeating efforts, they assume that in order to really appreciate opera, one has to spend years studying and researching it.All those obstacles are swept away by “Getting Opera,” a 2.5 audio guide.

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