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The East Village Opera Company accomplishes what seems like a really bad idea on paper: taking some of the most recognizable arias by Wagner, Handel, Verdi, Puccini and others and re-imagining them as epic rock songs. But somehow it works. Today, the group’s creators, Peter Kiesewalter and Tyley Ross, share their latest album, "Olde School."
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Re: the redo of Queen of the Night: CHICKEN!!! Putting the coloratura in the electric piano, for God's sake. Either sing the whole aria or skip it and do something else.
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