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Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi portrayed as Turandot poses for a backstage portrait before a performance of Giacomo Puccini's opera at the Teatro Real opera house in Madrid, Spain, Friday, July 14, 2023. For the past eight years, Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house has held a week of opera broadcasting shows that have been staged in the theater to towns and cities around Spain for free. The aim is to try to spread interest in the art form among the public and rid it off its elitist tag. This July, the highlight was Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece, Turandot. (AP Photo / Bernat Armangue)

Jul 29, 2023

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