A Film by Jo Christensen and Travis Edward Pike
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The first lead rehearsal is full of enthusiasm, hope and a genuine spirit of collaboration.  Will the  honeymoon last or will it devolve into another sort of opera?
Vivacious Victoria Brago, a kindergarten teacher in South Central Los Angeles, is our wicked Princess Eboli — and she relishes her role.  Rock on, Vicky!
Postman Bill Bartlett will play a monk, a courtier and the notorious Grand Inquisitor of Spain — and he'll help out in the chorus, too, so we've got that covered . . . 
And conductor Walter Unterberg cut Verdi's "Don Carlo" down to size for the Casa Italiana Opera Company, so at least, they'll all be on the same sheet of music.  Right?
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