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In turn the weekend events will set the stage for Park City Opera’s upcoming production of David Conte’s “Gift of the Magi,” which will be performed Dec. 19 and 20 at Park City Community Church.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet’s “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera.

Rolando Villazón’s lucid and thrillingly sung production of Bellini’s opera stars a resplendent Nadine Sierra.