In another concert, a Korean opera singer residing in Japan revived a popular opera based on a Korean romantic folk tale.

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The director of Time Bandits and Brazil will helm a production of the opera Benvenuto Cellini, by French romantic composer Hector Berlioz.

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It was a clever way to inject some vigor into the opera's second half and supply a modern twist to this old Romantic cautionary tale.

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