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Martina Arroyo Opens Met Season With Ernani Debut
The Met season begins September 14 with Martina Arroyo singing Elvira in Verdi’s Ernani opposite Carlo Bergonzi as Ernani and Sherrill Milnes. Arroyo, balancing a viola‑playing husband and a life of travel, reflects on art, family, and the high cost of opera.
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Elvira
Metropolitan Opera
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Carlo Bergonzi
Sherrill Milnes
Carlo
Miss Arroyo
Joan Sutherland
North Side Center
Harlem
Placido Domingo
Placido
Met
Leontyne Price
Wagner Opera
Miss Price
Europe
Birgit Nilsson
Aida
Norma
Geneva
Covent Garden
London
Teatro Colon
Buenos Aires
Leonard Bernstein
Beethoven
Eugene Ormandy
Perugia
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Emilio Poggioni