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  • Kathleen Simunek (Fanny Price) in IU Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater's production of Mansfield Park
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    Kathleen Simunek, who plays Fanny Price in IU Opera's production of Mansfield Park, talks about adapting the world of Jane Austen for the opera stage
  • The short-lived "Fort Wayne Standard" suggests that Indiana, despite its mostly conservative political leanings, was also home to more radical political views.
  • A depiction of dancing mania, on the pilgrimage of epileptics to the church at Molenbeek, in a painting by Pieter Breughel the Younger. Bagpipes are front and center.
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    We often think of disguise as a deception of the eye, but this week on Harmonia, we’re exploring deception of the ear. For centuries, musicians have experimented with sonic trickery: to tell a story, to emphasize meaning, or just for fun. We’ll hear voices pretending to be instruments, instruments pretending to be each other, and more.
  • In February, it is appropriate to think about roses.
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