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“The Comet/Poppea” has started its five-performance run at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City in New York. The performance is a 90-minute combination of Monteverdi’s 1643 opera “L ...

Nero's ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York meet in `The Comet/Poppea' at Lincoln Center Nero's ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York were similar.

“The Comet/Poppea” has started its five-performance run at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City in New York.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nero’s ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York were similar. That is the message of “The Comet/Poppea,” an intriguing combination of Monteverdi’s 1643 opera “L ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nero’s ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York were similar. That is the message of “The Comet/Poppea,” an intriguing combination of Monteverdi’s 1643 opera “L ...