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'End of the Affair' makes a tender transition to opera

18th Oct 2005, 08:12 GMT

Jake Heggie's "The End of the Affair," given its West Coast premiere by Seattle Opera at McCaw Hall, is an opera of intimate scale, engrossing ideas and a comfortable musical palette. Its lyricism is frank and tender, even haunting on occasion.

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