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Episode #524

I Would Call It Love, Really

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Friday, February 11, 2005

A true love story involving a pianist and a violinist who, after a thirty year separation, rediscover one another in the corridor of a train station. Also, the U.S. premiere of a Handel opera. And love as it appears (or doesn’t) in translation, and in arguments.

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An Afternoon at the Opera, Act 1

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The Busker and the Diva

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The Universal Language of Love

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An Afternoon at the Opera, Act 2

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