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Teenagers Tackle Mozart

Posted at 6:03 PM on April 19, 2007 by Rex Levang

Very interesting story by Justin Davidson of Newsday, about a New York high school where the kids are putting on . . "The Magic Flute."

Curious twist to this one: Who would be crazy enough to cast a 17-year-old girl in the role of Pamina in "The Magic Flute"?

Mozart, that's who.

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