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Opera season gets under way. Barbra Shuttleworth (left) is the wordly-wise maid Susanna and Patricia Rideout plays Marcellina, would-be rival for Figa(...)
Opera season gets under way. Barbra Shuttleworth (left) is the wordly-wise maid Susanna and Patricia Rideout plays Marcellina, would-be rival for Figa(...)

Opera season gets under way. Barbra Shuttleworth (left) is the wordly-wise maid Susanna and Patricia Rideout plays Marcellina, would-be rival for Figa(...)

Date4/2/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Opera season gets under way. Barbra Shuttleworth (left) is the wordly-wise maid Susanna and Patricia Rideout plays Marcellina; would-be rival for Figaro's affections; in the Canadian Opera Company's production of The Marriage Of Figaro; opening tonight at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. Mozart's opera is the first in the company's four-week spring season. Figaro runs until April 11; followed by La Traviata; April 12; and the Barber Of Seville; April 21.
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