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Six Degrees of Plácido Domingo: Part 3

Olivia Giovetti
Jun 29, 2020
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Welcome to Part 3 of Six Degrees of Plácido Domingo, where we’ll be exploring opera’s current #MeToo reckoning through four centuries of misogyny and misconduct in the genre’s history — onstage and off. While you don’t have to have read anything else before diving in here, you can catch up with Part 1 and Part 2 for full effect.

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