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U.S. soprano pulls out of Italian opera over theater's use of blackface
Soprano Angel Blue said she would not perform at the Verona theater after it recently staged a different opera in which performers were in blackface.
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Soprano Angel Blue said she would not perform at the Verona theater after it recently staged a different opera in which performers were in blackface.
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