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Friday, May 25, 2007 

La Boheme Fall Simulcast

Posted by: David Bunch

I am extremely pleased with the response to this week's book posts and am looking forward to chatting more about book club ideas as well as reading more from Chantell's book reviews.

In the meantime, here is an interesting story for all you would be opera fans.

La Boheme will be broadcast to 23 colleges and 2 high schools as it is performed live next fall in Washington. The plan is to get more young people on board with this art form.

"'For `La Boheme,' better known as 'Rent' for the young people ... we are bringing a production which is going to be very exciting," (Placido) Domingo said.

The performance, which will also be shown on the National Mall, will be shown Sept. 23 on campuses including Tulane University in New Orleans, the University of Virginia and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.