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21 Years at the Met
January 22, 2013 - 9:00 am
“21 Years at the Met, or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Ring.” Erica Miner shares her experiences as a former Metropolitan Opera violinist in her intriguing talk. Erica discusses the various periods of the composer’s development and explores Lohengrin and Siegfried in this context, illustrating with musical examples and anecdotes from her personal experiences performing the works with James Levine, Placido Domingo and other Met luminaries. Erica Miner is an author, screenwriter, poet and retired violinist for the Metropolitan Opera
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